VIETNAM TODAY

Tokyo Electric Power is expected to post an annual net loss of up to $18 billion and announce the resignation of its president.

An inspection force has recently detected software piracy at two big companies in Danang.

Vietnam Railway Corp. will begin building eight new railway bridges along the north-south rail route in June.

The competitive power market will be introduced on a trial basis from July 1 for a tentative 2-month period before it actually takes real effect.

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn won bail but was ordered to remain under house arrest with an armed guard and post $1 million in cash.

Illegal taxis that deceive visitors continue to be a major source of headache for Ho Chi Minh City authorities.

The Hanoi traffic police’s suggestion to ban cycle rickshaws, or cyclos, has created a strong opposition among the capital’s travel firms.

The second Vietnam Marine-based Economic Forum 2011 will be held in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on June 8.

China's Three Gorges Dam, as a world wonder, has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said.

Sen village in Nghe An Province is where the late president Ho Chi Minh was born and spent most of his childhood.

A spate of bomb attacks against police in the disputed northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 27 people.

A budding artist from Hanoi has received the top prize in the Vietnamese section of a drawing contest organised by the Delegation of the European Union.

Vietnam Airlines held a seminar in the central city of Danang to seek ways to turn Vietnam’s central region into a popular destination.

Japan's economy plunged back into recession in January-March, on the impact of the nation's biggest earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear crisis.

The UN Industrial Development Organisation will help Vietnam optimise energy saving in industry.

Vietnam’s first heart transplant patient was discharged from hospital on May 17, two and a half months after undergoing a surgery performed entirely by Vietnamese doctors .

Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he did so with great regret.

A photo exhibition, opened in Nghe An, the home town of the first President of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, will mark his birthday.

Many pagodas in the capital city have been decorated with flags, flowers, and banners to celebrate Lord Buddha’s Birthday.