VIETNAM TODAY

A strong offshore earthquake rocked Tokyo on Tuesday, swaying buildings in the capital and stopping subway services.

Vietnam authorities have submitted documents on Xoan singing and the worship rituals of the Hung Kings to UNESCO.

A middle-aged man and his son in Ngoc Son, Hiep Hoa, Bac Giang claim immunity to electric shock. This is, however, not a supernatural phenomenon

A low-salary, high-pressure environment is driving many workers at scores of Vietnam-based foreign-invested enterprises to strike or change jobs.

Japan widened the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant as another 7.1 magnitude quake and tsunami alert strained nerves anew.

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's forces, backed by French and UN troops, captured his besieged rival Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan.

The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding commercial flights.

Many gold exchange floors have remained operating in spite of the State Bank’s ban, which took effect last year.

Apathy was a major hurdle in fighting swine flu, despite reports of many new infections, an official of National Hospital for Tropical Diseases said.

Nitrogen pollution costs Europe between 70 and 320 billion euros per year in its impact on health and the environment.

Vietnam is carrying out a wide range of acitivities in order to maintain Ha Long Bay on New Open World’s 7 Natural Wonders list.

Almost VND9.6 billion (USD458,891) was raised for the disabled and orphans in the 8 th “One Heart, One World” charity programme.

South African Charl Schwartzel birdied the last four holes at formidable Augusta National to win the 75th Masters.

Education officials said they may be unable to expand English teaching to all schools for third graders and above this year due to various hurdles.

The Ministry of Science and Technology rejected the news saying that radioactive cloud from Japan arrived in Vietnam with a high level of radiation.

The regime of Libya's Moamer Kadhafi has accepted an African Union peace plan designed to the end the current conflict.

An international tea festival will be held in Thai Nguyen Province in November, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Since the beginning of this year, 425 patients have tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus, and 11 have died.

The State Bank of Vietnam increased the compulsory reserve ratio for foreign currency deposits held by commercial banks to 6 percent.