The death toll from the ravage of typhoon "Haiyan" (local name Yolanda) rose to 2,357, government agency announced Thursday morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The schedule for Group A at the SEA Games has been changed after the Philippines confirmed that their squad would not participate.

 One person was already confirmed dead in southern Philippines as Super Typhoon Haiyan (local codename: Yolanda) further barreled through the eastern and central Philippines on Friday, local authorities said.

 At least 125,604 people have evacuated to safe places as typhoon "Haiyan", believed to be the strongest cyclone of this year in the world, made a landfall over Guiuan municipality in eastern Samar of the Philippines Friday morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen student teams of different grades will represent Vietnam at the International Robothon Competition to be held in the Philippines on November 23.

The Vietnamese embassy in Laos has pledged to cooperate with the Lao side to support families of plane crash victims.

 A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near one of the Philippines key tourist hubs on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh is paying an official visit to the Philippines from August 25-27 at the invitation of his Filipino counterpart Voltaire T. Gazmin.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won four gold medals at the Asian Youth Wushu Championships, which finished in the Philippines yesterday, Aug 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Senior officials from the Philippines and Vietnam have underscored sea and ocean cooperation as the cornerstone of the two countries’ relations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has won two first victories at the Asian Chess Championships being held in the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representatives took the top three spots after their remarkable results at the Asian 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship's Open Division which included yesterday's seventh round in the Philippines. 

 The official death toll from typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) in the Philippines has already reached 620, while the number of missing also rose to 817, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After three days of competitions, Vietnam have pocketed four silver and two bronze medals at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Tunja, Columbia.

 The death toll from a powerful typhoon that ravaged the southern Philippines rose to 82 Wednesday, as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off in flash floods and mudslides.