VIETNAM TODAY

Salt farmers nationwide have been caught in such a difficult situation that many have left their fields idle even as peak production season looms, local reports say. 

The NBA plans to submit a revised proposal for a new collective contract to players within the next fortnight, commissioner David Stern said.

The Vietnam Red Cross has received over VND61 billion from organisations and individuals nationwide in support for Japanese people.

Vietnam will send more guest workers to Malaysia to meet the latter's huge demand for Vietnamese labourers in some fields.

Lao Cai Province has decided to cancel 39 hydroelectric projects because of the possible environmental harm.

PetroVietnam and Venezuela National Oil Petroleum Company have reached an agreement on measures to extract the first oil flow from Block Junin 2 in Venezuela

To curb traffic jams in HCM City, a proposal was made to allow cars to go into downtown areas based on registration numbers.Voice have been raised against this idea.

President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US House of Representatives muscled their politically risky budget to passage Friday.

The Centre for Preservation of Co Loa Relics has asked for permission to conduct research and compile a dossier for the Co Loa citadel to seek world cultural heritage status.

Authorities in the capital city need to do more to ensure Hanoi's continued development is eco-friendly and "climate-proof", said a UN climate change expert.

Fighting raged in the long-besieged rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Friday and Moamer Kadhafi's hometown was reportedly hit by NATO.

Seven G20 countries face deep scrutiny over their fiscal and financial imbalances, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said.

Exports by seafood companies have shown lower profits due to high production costs.

Scientists have said the flock of birds numbering in the thousands that have recently come to Ninh Thuan province are red necked phalaropes.

The project helps to improve the quality of eye treatment services for children in Hanoi’s 14 districts and precincts.

One of the most looked-forward to musical events of the year, this year’s Cama Festival is heralding the coming summer with hot performances.

Russia will be in charge of the operation of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan, said Russian Ambassador to Vietnam.

As one of the two oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, Bau Truc is considered a “museum” of traditional pottery of Cham people.

Vietnam’s Truong Hai Auto Joint Stock Corporation surpassed Toyota in domestic auto sales in March for the first time.