VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group has raised coal prices for products delivered to Electricity of Vietnam's thermal power plants.

Dissatisfied customers can now denounce sellers and ask for compensation from cosmetics companies if the products they purchased were substandard.

Japan warned that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after a quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast.

Vietnam is now on the watch for possible earthquakes and tsunamis because of similar recent disasters in China and Japan.

The northern province of Son La and its Lao neighbouring Houaphanh province plan to plant 50 markers along their shared border in 2011.

Eurozone leaders agreed to boost defences against a destabilising debt crisis stalking weaker members by strengthening a debt rescue fund.

The Ministry of Education and Training announced the criteria to move universities and colleges to the outskirts of big cities.

YouTube on Friday began showing what it said was the first feature-length Hollywood movie created specifically for the Internet.

Commercial banks and other financial institutions must make reports on their gold deposits and their lending by June 30.

The US Atlantic Philanthropies organisation has allocated USD2 million for improving health for ethnic minority women and children in Vietnam.

More than 1,000 people were feared dead after a monster tsunami unleashed by a massive quake which wreaked destruction across northeast Japan.

The strongest earthquake ever to hit Japan Friday unleashed a terrifying 10-metre tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives.

The Yen Bai province environmental authority has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

International Francophone Day will arrive on March 20, and will include many events aimed at cultural exchange among French-speaking countries.

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies has lent VND2.5 trillion (USD121 million) out of the VND5.5 (USD266 million) reserved for student loans this spring.

A powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. Authorities said at least 32 people were killed.

A former lawyer accused of spreading anti-government documents is to stand a first-instance trial in Hanoi and is facing a maximum imprisonment term of 12 years.

Vietnam is calling for investment in various projects to develop its transportation infrastructure in the next five years.

An elephant from Yang Tao Village won the first ever race for pachyderms held yesterday in the Central Highlands.