VIETNAM TODAY

European Union finance ministers met on Friday to thrash out the terms of a multi-billion dollar loan to Portugal.

Households moved out to make way for hydropower plants in several localities across Vietnam are not happy in new areas.

Libyan insurgents and civilians stampeded out of Ajdabiya, hours after a rebel armoured unit was hit by apparent NATO friendly fire.

Vietnamese businesses with workers in nations surround the Ivory Coast have been warned to pay close attention to their employees.

Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group sold a total USD2.7 billion to commercial banks in the first quarter, said its chairman.

The United States slipped closer to a government shutdown as President Barack Obama failed to cut a deal on spending ahead of a Friday deadline.

The Vietnam Gold Traders Association has submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung a package of measures to stabilise the domestic gold market.

The Obama administration is interested in boosting cooperation with Vietnam, especially in education, said a U.S. official.

The number of tourists bookings for both outbound and inbound tours during the holidays of April 30 and May Day shot up despite economic difficulties.

Being exposed to highway pollution can cause brain damage in mice akin to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, US researchers said.

Hanoi plans to build four more general hospitals with 1,000 sickbeds each in order to improve medical services.

Germany's business-friendly Free Democrats have nominated Vietnamese-born Philipp Rösler, 38, to replace outgoing party leader Guido Westerwelle.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product growth may reach 6.1% this year, said an official from Asian Development Bank.

Authorities say a strong aftershock that hit Japan's tsunami-battered northeast has killed two people and injured 132.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang held a reception for British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy Browne, in Hanoi. 

Ba Ren in Quang Nam Province, is also known for a unique job some women there do: they hold pigs and climb on a scale to weigh them.

Microsoft and Toyota will work together to infuse the Japanese auto maker's cars with digital capabilities hosted in the Internet "cloud."

Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.

European finance ministers face a point of no return as they gather in Hungary for talks derailed by Portugal's sudden admission it needs an emergency bailout.