People in Vietnam have been urged to stop protesting against China’s deployment of an oil rig in a disputed section of the South China Sea following deadly riots earlier this week.

A Vietnamese court has sentenced two business executives to death for their roles in a scandal that caused millions of dollars in losses to the State.

Police in southern Ho Chi Minh City are still searching for nearly 500 drug addicts from two groups of nearly 1,200 who escaped from a rehabilitation centre, police said today.

Health and animal experts warned bird flu could trigger the next global pandemic as they opened a three-day conference today in Vietnam on how to control what has been deemed the world’s biggest health risk.

Vietnam will host an international conference later this month to discuss ways to combat the growing bird flu outbreak that has killed 12 people in Vietnam in a month, an official said today.