VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Science and Technology said Wednesday Vietnam isn’t affected by the radiation released by the recent explosions at Fukushima Power Plan I in Japan.

Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami last week have resulted in insured losses of between $12 and $25 billion, risk assessment firm EQECAT said.

Japanese military helicopters dumped water onto the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in a bid to douse fuel rods.

Vietnam’s coffee industry should focus more on the local market as this is a way of ensuring sustainable development, international experts said.

A shortage of capital has slowed down construction of the national university zone in Ho Chi Minh City and the adjacent province of Binh Duong.

Vietnam has adopted policies to ensure ethnic minorities exercise rights in every sphere of life, an Independent Expert on Minority issues said.

Despite the recent natural disasters to strike Japan, the country will still make efforts to fulfill its capital commitments to Vietnam, economists said.

A/H1N1 flu has appeared in over 30 cities and provinces in Vietnam, and the number of those infected is on the rise.

Health departments nationwide to enhance inspections of wholesale medicine prices as part of the Health Ministry's measures to curb price rises.

Vision of the disastrous tsunami rolling onto Japan after last week's massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake will provide valuable data to scientists.

People who seek luxury apartments will have more options to own expected accommodations in the central city of Danang.

The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam is expected to have 250 urban areas by 2020, according to a new plan.

No abnormal radiation levels have been recorded in Vietnam after nuclear power plant explosions in Japan.

The second World Vovinam Championships will be held in Ho Chi Minh City late July.

Around 350 delegates will attend the second international conference on geological parks in the Asia-Pacific region to be held in Hanoi in July.

Early one morning, some friends and I went to the hat market in Chuong Village about 30 kilometres from the centre of Hanoi.

Business optimism rose significantly in the first quarter, according to a report by private auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton.

Japan was considering spraying water and boric acid over a stricken nuclear plant in a desperate measure to contain radiation.

The Ministry of Transport will slash by 50 percent all government bond projects in 2011.