VIETNAM TODAY

Scientists have for the first time grown embryos that contain a combination of pig and human stem cells, in a step toward one day growing transplantable organs, a study said Thursday.

The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has expressed his belief that the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership will keep thriving for the benefit of the two countries.

Air travellers will be able to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Australia without stopping after Jetstar announced its first direct passenger route between the two continents will open this coming May.

Many petrol stations in Vietnam are defying regulations and operating within the crowded residential areas, posing deathly risk to the citizens.

DTiNews' readers donated over VND13m to a four-year-old girl in Quang Tri Province whose parents are seriously ill.

Vice Chairman of the Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee Dang Van Minh has received leaders of Triple Win Corporation Company Limited (Thailand).

Six people -- among them four firefighters and two police -- have now been killed battling vast forest fires in central Chile, officials said.

Hanoi authorities reported that as of January 26, they had dealt with 3,634 smuggling and fraudulent trading cases.

The prime minister has agreed to start the VND60trn (VND2.7bn) steel project in Dung Quat Economic Zone in Quang Ngai Province which has been delayed for years, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Dong Thap Muoi, the Plain of Reeds in the Lower Mekong, is a fertile land with vast lotus ponds, endless indigo tree forests, and verdant flower farms.

Horse racing and motorcycle races will kick off on January 29 in Bình Dương Province’s Đại Nam Course.

HCM City formed a new southern special crime police team on January 25 to fight rampant robbery in the city.

World oil demand growth will slow gradually over the next two decades, British energy giant BP forecast Wednesday in its annual outlook for the industry.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 25 chaired a get-together and extended New Year wishes to all veteran revolutionaries, leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), and the whole people, soldiers

Kuwait hanged seven prisoners, including a royal family member and a woman convicted of killing more than 40 people, in a mass execution on Wednesday, the first death sentences carried out in several years in the oil-rich emirate.

Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam Ltd. Co. has got a licence from Hanoi authorities to double its investment in the city.

Reuse Everything Institute Inc of Finland has agreed to fund a biodiversity research project in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve that will contribute to protecting the endangered red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus).

Hoan Kiem District authorities in Hanoi has ordered all wards and localities to prevent illegal pavement encroachment, especially spontaneous parking lots.