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Vietnam National University among Asian top universities

The Vietnam National University (VNU) has been, for the second time, listed in Asia’s top 250 best universities.

Hue City: Hydropower dams open, districts submerged

The water levels in the Huong and Bo rivers in Hue City were approximately at the 3rd alarming level yesterday, causing flooding in Hue City, Quang Dien district and Huong Tra town.

In pictures: Saigon people combat with flood waters, prepare for storm

The downpour that lasted for several hours in the afternoon of November 5, combined with high tides caused heavy flood on many roads in HCM City. At the same time, people in Can Gio district is preparing to confront the 13th storm.

Lowland people get afraid of hydropower plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since the day hydropower plants sprung up in the highland, lowland people have been living in constant anxiety. They have lost the land for agriculture production, faced drought in dry season and floods in rainy months.

Heavy rains and high tide causes unprecedented flooding in Binh Duong

 VietNamNet Bridge – My Phuoc town in Ben Cat district, the southern province of Binh Duong was suddenly flooded at midnight on October 19, which was unprecedented event here.

In pictures: Highest tide in Saigon in 61 years

The tide in the evening of October 21 at Phu An station on Saigon River reached 1.68 meters, exceeding last year's historic peak of 6 cm, making severe floods in HCM City. The tide is forecast to remain at 1.65 m this afternoon,.

Doctors operate on man with chopsticks in skull

 Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City operated on a 25-year-old man who was hospitalized with chopsticks penetrating through his skull.

Woman swindles $10m in insurance money

A former insurance advisor at Prudential branch in Quang Ninh Province was sentenced to life in prison yesterday along with 16 accomplices for operating a $10m fraud operation.

In photos: Hoi An ancient town is underwater

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the last two days, the Hoai River’s water level rose highly, causing severe flooding in many streets of Hoi An ancient town in Quang Nam province.

In pictures: Central region wrestles with floods

 VietNamNet Bridge - Total fatalities from tropical storm Nari and following floods in the central region have climbed to 10, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control on October 17.

Small change for the working classes

 In July, the minimum wage in Viet Nam was increased by VND100,000 (US$5 ) to VND1.15 million. The move was welcomed as a move to reduce pressure on workers hit by the spiralling prices of most goods.

In picture: Saigonese in misery when the street become a river

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon on October 2, after heavy rains, many roads in HCM City were flooded in the depth of over half a meter, leaving hundreds of vehicles in engine failure and many shops closed.

North-South railroad submerged, all trains canceled

 VietNamNet Bridge - From the evening of October 1, all trains from the Hanoi Railway Station to the southern provinces will be cancelled because the railway crossing Hoang Mai commune of Nghe An province is totally inundated.

In pictures: Dams broken, thousands of households submerged in floodwaters

Yesterday morning the two largest dams in Tinh Gia distric, Thanh Hoa province ruptured, submerging hundreds of houses and the National Highway 1A which connects the north to the south.

Flood sweeps three, including one Chinese, into hydropower tunnel

While building a water tunnel for the La Hieng hydroelectric plant in the central province of Phu Yen, water suddenly overflowed, sweeping away three workers on September 27. Until today, September 30, they are still missing.

About 29 people in Vietnam get HIV every day

 An average of 29 people contracted HIV every day in the first five months of this year, announced a meeting yesterday in Ha Noi.

Central Vietnam: flood leaves, epidemics come

People in the central region and Central Highlands have overcome the heavy floods, but they have to struggle hard to prevent epidemics which may break out in just some days as the environment and the water resources have got seriously polluted.

Five people missing after car swept away

 Two women and three children are still missing after a car was swept away by floodwaters late yesterday in the central province of Nghe An's Nghia Hong Commune.

Vietnamese border guards rescue 19 Cambodians in flood

When the soldiers arrived, nearly twenty Cambodian people were sitting on the roof of the highest house. Many women and children were crying and screaming from cold and fear while flood water was rising, gradually swallowing everything.

Doctors, patients cope with floods in hospital

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located on Tran Cung Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Hospital E was deeply flooded after heavy rains in the past two days.