VIETNAM TODAY

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.

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

Phone booths in most of Hanoi’s streets are broken and, many of them are completely seriously destroyed.

An ethnic minority youth festival, the first of its kind in Vietnam, will take place in Hanoi on April 17.

A surge in food prices has prompted criticism of US subsidies for ethanol, which diverts corn from global food supplies.

Party Politburo members offered incenses and flowers at the Hung Kings’ Temple Relic Complex in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 10.