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A large spring festival has taken place around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the capital city of Hanoi on Feb. 20.

Attending the field-tilling ceremony in Doi Son, Ha Nam Province, President Nguyen Minh Triet personally created the first furrows in order to open a new year with bumper crops.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour cast off from the International Space Station late Friday, capping more than a week of orbital construction to add a phenomenal new lookout dome and room to the orbiting lab.

A traditional festival in Bac Ninh Province is held on the 6th day of Tet every year and attracts a lot of visitors.

Police in Chau Thanh District who uncovered a gold smuggling ring have made two more arrests on February 18.

As the first Congressional hearings on Toyota get underway Tuesday, one key question will be whether the automaker has fully diagnosed the causes of its runaway cars.

A little-known 18-year-old from Vietnam stole the show this week at Moscow Aeroflot, the toughest open tournament in the world.

As my travels continued, and my first experience of Tet began coming to a close, I found myself in a place, a time, and a memory that I knew was one of a kind.

Transport Minister Ho Nghia Dung said it’s hard to tell exactly when traffic congestion can be alleviated in Vietnam’s two biggest cities – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung paid a Tet visit to the Can Tho Bridge construction site on February 19.

A representative from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said his agency will accelerate the process of Japanese ODA-funded projects in Vietnam.

A special place 100km south of Hanoi, Nam Dinh Province has long been famous for growing flowers and bonsai.

People working in the atomic energy field may get incentives equalling up to 70 per cent of their salary, plus travel and accommodation assistance.

DTiNews shares photos from readers celebrating Tet all over the world.

Usually stores reopen on the 4th day of Tet in HCM City but this year just a few are doing so, most deciding to wait until the 6th day.

Heavy rain and moisture has helped to put an end to forrest fires in Lao Cai and should prevent more starting.

A festival was held in Hanoi on February 18 – the fifth day of the first lunar month – to celebrate the 221st anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over 290,000 Qing invaders.

CKE Restaurants Inc. said Thursday that it signed an exclusive deal to open 25 of its Carl's Jr. restaurants in Vietnam.

I wasn’t in Plzen, or Munich, or Bruges. I was at the Hoa Vien Bräuhaus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.