VIETNAM TODAY

Retail power prices will be increased by between 10%-15.6% in 2012, said Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Thousands of women marched in nations across Central America to raise awareness about the dangers of domestic violence.

South Korea will provide USD3.570 for 14 Vietnamese brides with broken marriages with South Korean men to help them have a better life.

Vietnam and the European Union entered a second round of negotiations for an agreement aimed at curbing illegal logging.

It will take Vietnam a few more centuries to clear hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances left over from the Vietnam War, an official said.

Moroccans voted in the first legislative election since the king introduced constitutional reforms in response to the Arab Spring uprisings.

Quat Lam Beach is a magnet for foreign tourists as it is just 100 kilometres from Hanoi.

Vietnam and the EU concluded the second round of negotiations for a bilateral forestry law enforcement, governance and trade voluntary partnership agreement in Hanoi

Many areas in Hanoi are hosting waiting groups of day labourers willing to do odd jobs, such as moving goods or transporting construction materials.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed Tahrir Square, demanding the military rulers step down and rejecting their choice of new PM.

Failing to get tenure at public schools, untenured teachers across Vietnam are suffering from low salaries and always obsessed with being sacked anytime.

The burning of rice stubble has been a regular occurrence throughout the capital's suburban areas despite warnings that its smoke could harm residents and the environment.

Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in Kawasaki City has recently promised to gift children in Vietnam’s central region an addition of 4,000 bicycles from now to 2013.

The Australian government has said it plans to establish the world's biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea, a biodiversity hotspot brimming with life.

The trade deficit continued its down-turn, falling to $8.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2011, a year-on-year decrease of $1.7 billion, the General Statistics Office said.

The State Bank Governor admitted that lax management had resulted in violations of the 14% ceiling deposit interest rate.

Vietnam will need around $10 billion to clear all mines, cluster munitions and unexploded ordnance, announced a seminar in Hanoi on November 24.

Japan's former two-time world champion Mao Asada will bid to seal her ISU Grand Prix finals' place at the Cup of Russia - the sixth and the last event of the series.

The coal depot of Quang Ninh is taking strict measures to address illegal coal exploitation.