VIETNAM TODAY

Projects that fall under the national power development plan through 2015 will be fast tracked.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade expected the consumer price index in March to increase by two percent due to a surge in the cost of electricity and petrol.

The World Economic Forum has recognized the work Jimmy Pham has done by honouring him as a Young Global Leader.

Japan stocks tumbled Monday and the central bank poured a record amount of cash to soothe money markets shaken by earthquake.

Nicaraguan-American disc jockey Craze, a six-time winner of the World DJ Championship, will perform in Hanoi this week.

Nick Watney arrived at the USD8.5 million Cadillac Championship one of the hottest players in golf.

The Ho Chi Minh City authority has allowed a company to go ahead with plans for its boat service.

Workers at many foreign- invested companies are struggling as their wages are swallowed up by inflation.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says 3 workers have been injured and 7 are missing after an explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

According to Vietnamese authority, there have been no Vietnamese nationals dead or injured in Japan’s earthquake.

In 2011, the national plan to develop Vietnam’s tourism industry will highlight island and sea attractions.

Soldiers warned that another tsunami could hit, as an explosion rocked the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

The Vietnam Airlines flight VN8675 carrying 292 Vietnamese guest workers from Algeria ’s Hassi Messaoud Airport landed in Hanoi on March 13.

About 50 kilometers from Buon Ma Thuot City in Daklak Province, Lak Lake is an ecotourism site with a special highlands flavor.

Ciena Corp. and Vietnam Telecoms National have completed a next-generation 100 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) network trial on VTN’s backbone network.

The National Buddhism Propagation Seminar 2011 themed “Buddhism and the nation”, closed in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 13.

Hoi An has made it to the list of the world's 10 best cities for tourism by the UK's Wanderlust travel magazine.

Fossil fuel energy as well as hydropower sources in Vietnam are being exhausted and nuclear power offers energy more effectively, safely and economically.

Around 8.4 million Vietnamese people will be short of safe water by 2050, according to the Asian Development Bank’s warning.