VIETNAM TODAY

The 21st Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2011) opened at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi on April 6. 

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an alleged under-age prostitute and abuse of power opened in Milan.

The Asian Development Bank said controlling inflation was the region's "top priority" as food and oil prices go up.

A group of scientists have discovered that Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands is the habitat of an endangered turtle species.

Vietnam must inspect Toyota over technical faults, said Nguyen Manh Hung, chairman of the Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association.

Vietnam plans to check aircraft nationwide in order to prevent a similar scenario to recent incidents on American airplanes.

The construction of the tram project to link Nhon with Hanoi railway station should be sped up, an official said.

President Barack Obama made a dramatic intervention in a budget row that could paralyze the US government.

Police charged the owners of Len Co quarry with "labour safety violations" following the deaths of 18 people in a rockfall last week.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is selecting 3,000 boats for free installation of satellite equipment.

Local travel firms will likely raise tour prices for foreign tourists to the country in the next high season by 5% to 10% to offset the rising costs.

Vietnam may have to deal with cement shortage of 30% in the local market this year due to lower supply.

World anger over bloodshed in Yemen and pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down mounted after at least 24 people were killed.

In the dry wording of prosecution documents, sex parties at Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's villa followed a well scripted routine drawing in erotic dancers and underage prostitutes.

Hanoi may soon witness a redundancy in high-end offices for rents due to the oversupply coupled with low demand.

Vietnam has actively implemented MIA activities, said Vice Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh at a meeting with the US's defence official.

Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation announced a loss of VND2.6 trillion in the first quarter mainly due to exchange rate risks.

Japan imposed a legal limit for radioactive iodine in fish, as the operator of Fukushima nuclear plant pumped toxic water into the Pacific Ocean for a second day.

Michel Martelly, a carnival singer with a colorful past, is Haiti's new president after storming to a landslide victory, preliminary results showed.