A ferry rescued almost 1,000 people from Misrata and Britain said it plans to pick up 5,000 more after Moamer Kadhafi's government guaranteed "safe passage".
A ceremony to commemorate the soldiers and sailors of the Paracel Flotilla was held on April 18 on Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai.
A number of measures for the building of a low-carbon society in Vietnam were introduced by the Japan National Research Institute of Environment at a seminar in Hanoi.
A delegation of all the 54 ethnic groups made a historic visit to Vietnam ’s frontline islands district of Truong Sa, leaving Ho Chi Minh City on April 18.
Since the last few years, the number of tourists registering for tours had increased sharply but this year the numbers have dwindled, casting a gloomy shadow over the tourist industry.