VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese police have accused a group of eight youngsters of gang-raping and robbing teenage girls they met through the Internet, a report said Thursday.

Teams of Japanese workers and troops battled to prevent meltdown at a quake-hit nuclear plant as alarm over the disaster grew.

Seven hydroelectric plants in Gia Lai province have ceased operation due to a lack of water.

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda has expressed his deepest condolences and offered support to the people and Government of Japan.

A recent survey by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs showed that workers in mining and metallurgy industries get the highest payments.

Moamer Kadhafi said his forces would fight a "decisive battle", as Washington added its voice to efforts at the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone.

Apple said that it was delaying next week's release of the iPad 2 in Japan because of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the country.

Market for precious stones is the most special one in Vietnam, where gemstones are displayed on bamboo baskets like vegetables.

Vietnam’s two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, dropped in the Provincial Competitiveness Index of 2010.

Vietnam Airlines has confirmed it is still sticking to its normal schedule for daily services to Japan despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami there.

The US Department of Commerce has decided to reduce anti-dumping taxes on tra fish imported from Vietnam.

About 75% of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans originated from wild animals, warned the United States Agency for International Development.

World number one Rafael Nadal was tested by Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman but advanced to the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-4 win.

Concern over Japan's ability to contain its nuclear crisis grew, as foreign governments urged citizens to leave Tokyo.

Vietnamese coffee needs to carve a brand identity for itself based on a system that guarantees a fair price for farmers, said a professor of Harvard University.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called for a speedy excavation of Vietnamese nationals from areas in Japan affected by natural disaster and nuclear meltdown.

After a series of suspected accidents, police in the southern province of Binh Duong have confirmed the first deadly accident caused by the nails scattered on roads.

Vietnam has adopted a new child protection programme through the year 2015, with a price tag of VND1.755 trillion (USD84 million).

Experts said that it may be impossible to force people to keep VND instead of gold, unless the value of the dong increases.