VIETNAM TODAY

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast, the northern part of Sumatra island, in the evening of April 6.

Data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature.

Electricity of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training signed an agreement to train nuclear power human resources.

The Vietnam Automobile Transport Association has recommended that the Vietnam Register Agency check 8,830 vans made by Toyota Motors Vietnam.

Vietnam has to date found no radiation contamination in food imported from Japan, the Ministry of Health’s Food Safety and Hygiene Department said.

Portugal said it had finally decided to request financial assistance from the European Union, paving the way for a third bailout of a eurozone country.

Drug resistance fuelled partly by misuse of antibiotics is killing thousands of people, the World Health Organisation warned.

More commercial banks have cut deposit interest rates for the US dollar by 0.1-0.4 percentage points.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan called for concerted effort to expand the advanced undergraduate training programmes.

The 21st Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2011) opened at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi on April 6. 

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an alleged under-age prostitute and abuse of power opened in Milan.

The Asian Development Bank said controlling inflation was the region's "top priority" as food and oil prices go up.

A group of scientists have discovered that Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands is the habitat of an endangered turtle species.

Vietnam must inspect Toyota over technical faults, said Nguyen Manh Hung, chairman of the Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association.

Vietnam plans to check aircraft nationwide in order to prevent a similar scenario to recent incidents on American airplanes.

The construction of the tram project to link Nhon with Hanoi railway station should be sped up, an official said.

President Barack Obama made a dramatic intervention in a budget row that could paralyze the US government.

Police charged the owners of Len Co quarry with "labour safety violations" following the deaths of 18 people in a rockfall last week.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is selecting 3,000 boats for free installation of satellite equipment.