VIETNAM TODAY

The embattled operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant promised an initial one million yen in compensation to each family living close to the facility.

The health ministry will strengthen checks at international border gates to ensure products contaminated by radiation do not enter the country.

The State Bank of Vietnam will consider allowing commercial banks to sell 20% of their charter capital to a single foreign strategic investor.

A nature reserve in Vietnam is being established to protect one of the world's rarest mammals, a conservation group said Thursday.

A Libyan future including Moamer Kadhafi is "unthinkable" and would represent an "unconscionable betrayal" by the rest of the world.

Blue-ear pig disease has recurred in the two central provinces of Nghe An and Quang Tri, as of April 14.

Vietnam decided to raised the required level of foreign exchange reserves by 2% with a ceiling on USD deposit interest rates reduced to 3%/year.

30 fishermen were saved as their fishing boat was drifting off Truong Sa (Spratly Island) at 11:30 a.m. on April 13, local source said.

The Cherry-blossom or Genki Festival 2011 will take place in Hanoi on April 16-17.

Toyota Motor Vietnam announced they begin to repair 278 Camry 3.5 and Camry 2.4 cars facing technical problems at all its agents nationwide.

Global finance chiefs moved to aid strife-torn North Africa as the IMF and WB warned of more potential social unrest from high food prices.

The National Committee for the Advancement of Women held a talk on dissemination campaigns aimed at raising the rates of female NA deputies.

BP was facing angry protesters and disgruntled shareholders on Thursday at its first annual general meeting since an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Vietnam Electricity Group has requested power firms nationwide not to cut power supply at least from now until the end of the month.

Movie-goers flocked to see what is billed as the world's first 3D porn film as it opened to packed cinemas across Hong Kong on Thursday.

Authorities have pulled the plug on VND3.4 trillion worth of projects. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc spoke about the issue.

Vietnam authorities will strictly monitor all imported food items including dairy products and fake eggs.

Two Vietnamese rattan companies were chosen by the World Wide Fund for Nature to attend a design fair in Germany.

Dressing up in hospital clothes and slathering themselves with red water colors, some lazy individuals pretend to be disabled to play on people's sympathy.