VIETNAM TODAY

President Truong Tan Sang has paid working visits to the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum and Gia Lai to inspect their implementation of socio-economic development tasks.

The Ministry of Construction intends to inspect six low-income housing projects by three big companies.

The Union of European Football Associations has officially granted rights to Vietnam Television to broadcast the final rounds EURO 2012 in Vietnam.

A number of Vietnamese workers are facing challenges due to rising unemployment and inflation.

A seminar to raise initiatives on climate change among young people was held in Danang City on March 16.

Investors are retrieving their capital from Greece, Italy and Spain and other European Union countries to be channelled into Vietnam this year, said Radio the Voice of Russia.

New York art dealers might need to pull out marker pens and add zeros to their price tags during Asia Week sales starting this week in auction houses and galleries across the city.

The EVN has dismissed information published in some newspapers that the group has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Government to raise electricity prices by 5 percent.

Vietnam and Russia have signed an inter-governmental agreement on transporting highly enriched uranium fuel rods used by Da Lat nuclear reactor into Russia.

The US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan was identified.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed that Vietnam and Laos boost bilateral cooperation, especially in economics, trade, and investment.

Voting began in East Timor's presidential election, seen as a crucial test for a young democracy taking charge of its own security as UN forces prepare to leave.

Seven new caves have been found in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park where the biggest cave in the world is already situated.

Hundreds of local people and foreigners burned incense at the Son My relic site in Quang Ngai Province to pray for the victims of a bloody massacre conducted by the US army 44 years ago.

The Ministry of Health has urged hospitals to upgrade and build more facilities to reduce overcrowding.

Female prostitutes on average earn over USD500 per month, around 2.5 times over the average earning of the group of 20 percent highest income earners in Vietnam, according to a recent research.

Apple die-hards in Asia became the first to snap up the new iPad, but compared with the scramble at the firm's past launches the response was muted for a device that is short of new technology.

The body of 22-year-old Tran Thi Kim Hang, a resident of Krong Pak District, who was killed in the recent boat tragedy, was recovered by the rescue team in Dak Lak Province, morning of March 16.

The question has been left unanswered for the last 20 years, since the first industrial zone was set up in HCM City.