VIETNAM TODAY

The US Environmental Protection Agency has fined two companies for their attempt to illegally export computer waste to Vietnam.

A growing population competing for resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Metro Metals Corp. and Avista Recycling, Inc. to pay a 31,600 USD penalty for their attempt to illegally export computer waste to Vietnam.

The Red Spring festival was held at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on February 20.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding, filling Westminster Abbey with an array of royals, world leaders, family and friends.

Cars owned by state-run agencies and organisations can be seen at pagodas, despite the ban of their unofficial use.

Libyan authorities arrested dozens of foreign Arab nationals for allegedly stoking anti-regime protests amid reports that security forces had killed more than 80 people.

Japan's International Co-operation Agency will help Vietnam to improve the country's rubber industry, which will help reduce the nation's greenhouse emissions.

Dozens of children of the Van Kieu ethnic minority group are forced to find food wherever they can.

Ho Chi Minh City has asked the municipal Red Cross Association to closely work with the city's health sector to increase blood donations this year.

The State budget overspending in 2010 stood at VND109.4 trillion (USD5.28 billion), equal to 5.6 percent of GDP, according to the Government’s report.

Over 30 years after the bullets stopped flying in Vietnam, a battle rages to help people still suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, U.S. experts said.

The difficulties in accessing foreign currency have raised the worry that the petroleum supply may be interrupted.

By the end of 2010, more than 1,160 agencies and units in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak had set up ties with villages inhabited by ethnic people.

The United States vetoed a UN resolution branding Israeli settlements illegal, prompting Palestinians to vow to re-evaluate the Middle East peace process.

Afterthe depreciation of the dong by 9.3 percent, the prices of many essential goods such as gas, steel and dairy products have increased sharply.

Northern Quang Ninh province has set up an inspection group to check the safety of tourist boats, starting February 19.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned that putting national interests first will kill off the G20, as ministers met to hammer out common criteria key to ensuring global financial stability.

Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Hu Jintao has invited new Party General Secretary of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong to visit China soon.