VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a power price increase of 15.28% beginning March 1, 2011.

Bahrain's Sunni Muslim ruling family came under increased pressure to open in-depth negotiations with the Shiite-led opposition.

Cows are being discouraged to graze on rubbish dumps in a number of provinces, because of the health risks involved.

The local currency’s devaluation spells bad news for car importers in coming months.

The son of Libya's strongman Moamer Kadhafi warned Monday the country would be destroyed by civil war if protests end his father's rule.

Exotic toys have become a craze among Vietnamese kids shortly after Sao TV, a local channel, screened some children-oriented films.

Deputy trade ministers from Taiwan and China will meet on the island this week to normalise of ties between the former rivals.

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.