VIETNAM TODAY

Russian police have detained more than 500 illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Malakhovka town on the outskirts of Moscow.

Workers entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken nuclear plant Thursday for the first time since an explosion hit the facility.

VietinBank has signed a deal to increase its cooperation with UniCredit S.p.A., the biggest bank in Italy.

Intelligence seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan showed his Al-Qaeda network pondered strikes on US trains.

A number of resorts in Cualo Township, in Nghe An, have picked up their development pace, to meet increasing demand.

International powers agreed on a new fund to aid Libyan rebels, meeting stiff resistance in their battle to oust strongman Moamer Kadhafi.

With nine projects licensed last month, Vietnamese firms invested nearly USD1.8 billion abroad in the first four months this year.

Vietnam signed two accords of educational and research cooperation with Hessen State of Germany in Wiesbaden.

Because of an oversupply of steel, the Government will now consider projects more carefully before granting licenses.

The US magazine National Geographic has put Vietnam in the top 13 “Best Tours in Asia ”. .

Vietnam will strive to attain a sustainable and environmentally-friendly economic growth, said the State Bank Governor.

International talks on Libya in Rome promise to be all about the money as global powers seek ways of channelling credit to Libya's rebels.

The British Council and UK-based Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance have launched a competition seeking ideas to protect the global environment.

The official selection at Cannes will consist of 20 films, organisers announced Wednesday.

Young people with disabilities will have chances to get jobs thanks to the expansion of a humanitarian vocational training centre in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City’s An Phu 1 Primary School knows how to make hyperactive students behave via a separate and fully-equipped classroom.

The Mekong Delta may well be a hot spot for tourists desperate to experience the floating markets, orchards, ancient and pagodas and so on.

Stress tests on nuclear power stations in the European Union will start in June, EU president Hungary announced Wednesday.

The Asian Development Bank will provide Vietnam with a loan worth USD1.38 billion to provide access to clean water.