VIETNAM TODAY

The rising cost of living is hitting students especially hard, with those who come from rural areas to study in the city finding life extremely tough.

Rock legend Lou Reed and composer Philip Glass will perform next month in New York at a half-day concert to benefit victims of Japan's devastating earthquake.

Smoke and steam again rose from damaged reactors on Tuesday at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Dung Quat oil refinery will suspend operations for around two or three weeks, beginning March 23, for equipment checks.

Nguyen Cong Hung, 29, is the first ever candidate with disability to file for an National Assembly seat not to be nominated by the Party.

The World Health Organization said Monday that spinach and milk found to have been contaminated with radiation in Japan were safe to eat and drink.

President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented their working reports for the 2007-2011 term to the National Assembly on March 21.

The Den Tran temple complex is a popular heritage site in Tuc Mac Hamlet, Loc Vuong Commune, about 100 kilometers from Hanoi in Nam Dinh province.

Tokyo stocks jumped 3.61% early Tuesday as traders returned from a public holiday and the Bank of Japan renewed its emergency fund provision.

Dantri/DTiNews attracted 100 million page views last week, a record since its inception 5 years ago.

Banks and financial institutions have been asked to focus their resources on lending to production and business activities.

Price hikes of electricity and petroleum are among main causes for the sharp increase in the consumer price index.

Moamer Kadhafi's Tripoli compound was rocked by blasts, as international criticism mounted over the air assault on Libya.

Water levels in almost all reservoirs in the southern and Central Highland regions have dropped close to the "dead level".

Dubai's Palm Island, New Orleans' upgraded dykes and Australia's water recycling plants all benefited from Dutch know-how.

After a long day of waiting, we finally caught sight of a big man riding a huge motorcycle towards the Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao near Hanoi.

Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to USD235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, and reconstruction may take 5 years.

Women only knew that their husbands had infected them when they were pregnant.

Vietnam Seafarers Union HCM City officially came into existence on March 20.