Vietnam lost 0-1 to underdog rivals the Philippines in the second Group A match on November 27, leaving their chance to enter the semi-finals undecided.

The central city of Danang has received a collection of 90 maps published between 1826 and 1980, 10 of which indicate the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two gold medals and one silver at the 2012 Ostrava World Cup, also known as the Ostrava Grand prix, which wrapped up on November 24 in the Czech Republic.

More than 100 feature films and documentaries from 31 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region are being shown at the Hanoi International Film Festival which opened on November 25.

Voters meeting President Truong Tan Sang in HCM City on November 25 suggested that officials found to be corrupt or responsible for losing State assets should face harsher penalties.

(VOV) - The Tra (pangasius) fish industry will achieve its target of 10 percent of output meeting Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standards by the end of this year, a conference heard in HCM City on November 21.

Vietnam has received an aid package worth 136,000 euro (US$174,000) from the French Government to carry out a programme tackling climate change in the central city of Danang.

A national remembrance event for traffic accident victims, organised by the National Committee for Traffic Safety, was held and broadcast live nationwide on November 19 in Hanoi.

Hanoi police rescued an 11-year-old boy from kidnappers on November 19 morning and returned him to his mother in Ha Dong District.

Nguyen Anh Khoi beat Andrey Esipenko of Russia in the 11th and final round of the World Youth Chess Championship which wrapped up early on November 19 in Maribor, Slovenia.