VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam will have to source some of its electricity from China this year, perhaps at unfavourable terms.

Hundreds of objects, photographs and documents relating to the development of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union are being displayed in Hanoi.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport plans to build a traffic control centre at a cost of EUR131 million.

A shortage of kindergartens for the children of migrant workers in HCM City-based industrial zones has put pressure on workers and authorities.

Thanh Son commune in Ha Nam Province is home to hundreds of people with disabilities that have arisen for reasons unknown.

FPT Group and Vietnam National University-Hanoi have signed an agreement to build an online library system with around 200,000 books.

Information about prospective jurors in the upcoming perjury trial of home run king Barry Bonds will be made public, but not the jurors' names, according to a judge.

Morgan Parker is in Hanoi on the eighth day of a 100-day expedition to raise money and awareness for Asian charities.

The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board will launch Malaysian Culinary Week in Hanoi from March 26 to April 2.

The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered local lenders to sell US dollars to people who have legitimate demand.

Japan's nuclear crisis will boost interest in clean renewables such as solar and wind power but may also sharpen demand for coal, oil and gas, experts said.

The volume of US dollars flowing into commercial banks has increased following the crackdown on the black market.

A third explosion in four days rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan.

Many women get married with foreigners in a hopes of a better life, but reality doesn’t always match up with their dreams.

Vietnam ’s consumer confidence index saw a significant increase during the first quarter of the year.

Russia announced a delay in the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem.

Legendary American singer Bob Dylan, whose songs became anthems of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War era, will play his first concert in the country.

G60+ is the title of a campaign to welcome World Wild Fund for Nature’s Earth Hour 2011 which starts at 8.30 p.m. March 26.

Vietnam's carom ace will be playing Turkey's Cenet Lutfi and Tayfun Tasdemir in the World Championship Team 3-Cushion Championship in Germany.