VIETNAM TODAY

State policies to encourage overseas Vietnamese students to return to the country received a great deal of concern during an online meeting.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi defiantly claimed that his country is "ready for battle," while Western leaders Wednesday planned their next steps.

HIV/AIDS has wreaked havoc in the commune of Loc Bon, where most of men have gone to Laos to earn a living.

Many European countries have suspended imports of several kinds of fruit from Vietnam over quality considerations.

Vietnamese investors are hesitant about where to place their assets, amid rising inflation and market uncertainties.

A study by the World Bank said Vietnam would need to spend around USD850 million annually adapting to climate change for the next 40 years.

MegaStar Media Ltd. Co. announced it would screen “Rio”, the first U.S. 3D film dubbed in Vietnamese, at theatres across the country on April. 8.

A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released to vie Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome in the market for Web browsing software.

The Union for Disabled People’s Associations will make its debut on March 26 in Hanoi to help people with disabilities further integrate into the community.

Fighting raged in Libya, amid reports Moamer Kadhafi may be looking for a way out of the conflict.

The Research and Markets website forecasts that the payment card market in Vietnam will grow at about 18.5 percent during the 2011- 2014 period.

School teachers in Ho Chi Minh City are monitored and can no longer intimidate students into attending their private tuitions.

Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled rebels regrouping outside a strategic eastern city on Tuesday. An American fighter jet crashed, both crew ejecting safely.

Well-off people who pretend to be poor so that they can buy or rent a low-income apartment will have to surrender the dwelling.

Agriculture authorities are in a twist about where to source investment capital for Vietnam aquaculture development plan to 2020.

Businesses involved in heavy industry and exporting have been asked to conserve power during the dry season.

The rising cost of living is hitting students especially hard, with those who come from rural areas to study in the city finding life extremely tough.

Rock legend Lou Reed and composer Philip Glass will perform next month in New York at a half-day concert to benefit victims of Japan's devastating earthquake.

Smoke and steam again rose from damaged reactors on Tuesday at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant.