VIETNAM TODAY

Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed 10 people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south.

The headmistress at a high school in Gia Lai Province may face dismissal for alleged embezzlement.

Maryland lottery officials announced early Saturday that their state sold what could become the world's largest lottery payout of all-time.

Rampant illegal trafficking of coal, minerals and petroleum have dramatically affected State revenues and impacted national energy security.

The southern province of Binh Phuoc on March 29 broke ground at Hoang Dieu border crossing for the construction of the Song Mang Bridge, to link the province to the eastern province of Mondulkiri in Cambodia.

3,259 businesses were dissolved or temporarily ceased operations in the first two months this year.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai ordered coastal areas to remain vigilant ahead of an "abnormal" storm, the first to appear before April in 40 years.

President Truong Tan Sang met with Sergey Kirienko, General Director of State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” of Russia, on Mar. 30 in Hanoi.

Foreign-invested banks in Vietnam reported a considerable rise in their profits in 2011 despite the economy recession.

Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on an infinitesimally small chance to win the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Hanoi is adorned with a carpet of Ban (Bauhinia) flowers in purple colour spreading around Hoan Kiem Lake and along Thanh Nien and Bac Son Roads.

HCM City drafted a plan to improve the appearance of areas bordering the city's three most significant roads, and make them safer for motorists and pedestrians.

HCM City plans to build a green bus rapid transit route along Dong Tay Avenue, which will use green energy.

Vietnamese representative at an international flower arrangement contest in Thailand, Mr. To Duy Kha, won two first and two second prizes.

Eurozone nations are set to clash over boosting the zone's "firewall" against its debt crisis, as Spain's fiscal woes stokes fears that the bloc could yet be pitched into a new emergency.

Japan has committed over JPY136 billion in official development assistance loans to Vietnam for the second phase of fiscal year 2011.

The central city of Danang will subsidise the cost of motorbike helmets for residents as a measure to curb traffic accident injuries and fatalities, a local official said.

Since mid-2009, the number of Vietnam-invested projects in Cambodia has doubled with a total amount of capital rising five times compared to the period before 2009.

While the CPI is not expected to rise much, consumers and businesses are still facing difficulties.