VIETNAM TODAY

A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, monitors reported, prompting a Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.

Pilot landslide warning systems will be set up in six mountainous regions this year in a bid to save lives and minimise infrastructure damage.

Experts and academics from Europe, Asia, Australia and the host country Russia, met in St Petersburg to attend an international seminar on security issues in East Asia and the East Sea.

The jury has rejected the petition by Le Van Tach, who exposed technical faults in Toyota Motor Vietnam’s car manufacturing.

A bill that calls for the confiscation and subsequent sale of vehicles used in illegal racing is causing NA deputies difficulties.

The lives and livelihoods of people living in resettlement areas have been severely affected by difficulties caused by substandard buildings and a lack of services.

North Korea began fuelling a long-range rocket ahead of a landmark political anniversary, defying US calls to cancel the launch and choose a "better future" for its impoverished people.

Vietnam is striving to achieve a balance of trade by 2020 and a total import-export turnover three times higher than in 2010, with an average per capita income of over $2,000.

Authorities of the central province of Binh Dinh plan to deploy nets to stop sharks from approaching swimming beaches after at least 6 tourists were attacked there.

The PM requested agencies to assist in lowering the rate of students who don't attend university for financial reasons.

Growing demands for tough UN Security Council action on Syria are putting increasing pressure on Russia's diplomatic shield around President Bashar al-Assad.

Vietnam attaches a great deal of importance to fostering solidarity, friendship, mutual trust and comprehensive co-operation with Cuba.

Vietnamese garment and footwear markers are seeking new opportunities to approach small and medium-sized distributors in the US.

Vietnam and Australia should promote economic, trade and investment linkage as well as accelerate the implementation of their action programme for 2010-2013.

The State Bank of Vietnam decided again lower the ceiling for deposit interest rates by 1% across the board, effective April 11.

Chiem Hoa hydropower station will soon become operational with its first turbine going into operation later this month, after nearly three years of construction, announced the project’s management board.

Hanoians continue to worry that even modest amounts of rain would flood the city.

The children’s choir of the Paris National Opera Orchestra will give two performances at the Hanoi Opera House on April 18 and 19.

The global banking group called on holdout creditors to sign on to the deal, saying it would help Greece restore its financial viability.