VIETNAM TODAY

There are no energy sources which could replace nuclear power in Vietnam by 2050, said Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai.

The "Desperate Housewives" of Wisteria Lane might want to get their affairs in order.  

Environmentalists reported that pollution has recently worsened in Hanoi, caused by solid and water waste as well as exhaust fumes.

Standard & Poor's has cut the US credit rating for the first time in history.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem needs a professional foreign coach to help him develop to a new level, said an official.

NASA on Friday launched the billion-dollar solar-powered spacecraft Juno on a five-year journey to Jupiter.

National Assembly deputies gathered at a plenary session in Hanoi on August 5 to discuss tax measures to boost economic development in 2011.

The Vietnam Red Cross Central Committee launched a 2011 Action Month for Agent Orange Victims on August 5.

China said Friday that debt deals in the United States and in Europe would not be enough to save their economies.

Newly-elected Minister of Finance said transparency and close supervision are needed in calculating energy and petrol prices.

The central Thua Thien Hue Province's People Committee hopes to get 43 projects completed to host National Tourism Year 2012.

Four waste disposal sites worth an estimated VND54 billion (USD2.62 million) will be built in Hanoi to deal with the increasing waste problem.

International grandmaster Le Quang Liem will leave for Russia to compete at the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk from August 26-September 21.

Vietnamese living in HCM City without permanent residency status should be covered under poverty-reduction and social welfare programmes, experts said.

China Friday warned millions of people living along its east coast to stay indoors in preparation for the most powerful typhoon in years.

Leading Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has signed a deal to record her first music album, according to music labels.

Vietnam ranks eighth in the world in terms of gold consumption, announced the World Gold Council.

Vietnamese students, together with others from the region, will join the Southeast Asian Student Documentary Award for the 1st time this year.

The Vietnamese real estate sector has become less attractive to foreign investors, as the country saw a sharp drop in FDI.