VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam ’s consumer confidence index saw a significant increase during the first quarter of the year.

Russia announced a delay in the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem.

Legendary American singer Bob Dylan, whose songs became anthems of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War era, will play his first concert in the country.

G60+ is the title of a campaign to welcome World Wild Fund for Nature’s Earth Hour 2011 which starts at 8.30 p.m. March 26.

Vietnam's carom ace will be playing Turkey's Cenet Lutfi and Tayfun Tasdemir in the World Championship Team 3-Cushion Championship in Germany.

The 1st international football festival for young people was opened on March 12, at Vietnam Football Youth Training Centre, in Hanoi.

Projects that fall under the national power development plan through 2015 will be fast tracked.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade expected the consumer price index in March to increase by two percent due to a surge in the cost of electricity and petrol.

The World Economic Forum has recognized the work Jimmy Pham has done by honouring him as a Young Global Leader.

Japan stocks tumbled Monday and the central bank poured a record amount of cash to soothe money markets shaken by earthquake.

Nicaraguan-American disc jockey Craze, a six-time winner of the World DJ Championship, will perform in Hanoi this week.

Nick Watney arrived at the USD8.5 million Cadillac Championship one of the hottest players in golf.

The Ho Chi Minh City authority has allowed a company to go ahead with plans for its boat service.

Workers at many foreign- invested companies are struggling as their wages are swallowed up by inflation.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says 3 workers have been injured and 7 are missing after an explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

According to Vietnamese authority, there have been no Vietnamese nationals dead or injured in Japan’s earthquake.

In 2011, the national plan to develop Vietnam’s tourism industry will highlight island and sea attractions.

Soldiers warned that another tsunami could hit, as an explosion rocked the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

The Vietnam Airlines flight VN8675 carrying 292 Vietnamese guest workers from Algeria ’s Hassi Messaoud Airport landed in Hanoi on March 13.