VIETNAM TODAY

A consortium of scientists from the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi recently unveiled full genome maps of three members of a Vietnamese family.

Vietnam Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh held a welcoming reception on February 25 for a Malaysian delegation on a two-day working visit led by Defence Minister Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Husein.

The Vietnamese Olympic, or under-23 (U23), football team’s head coach Toshiya Miura set his sights on securing a seat in the finals of the second Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s U23 Football Championship 2015.

A series of activities on climate change and energy have been launched by 350.org Vietnam aimed at raising people's awareness about the threat of a carbon bubble.

Thousands of workers are facing difficulties returning to HCM City after the Tet holiday as transportation companies report being sold out of seats and passenger cars charging huge rates.

Food authorities in Vietnam are on the look out for possible imports of frozen berries contaminated with Hepatitis-A from China after a major health scare in Australia.

The Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Blood Donation Festival 2015 will be held at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on March 8.

Vietnam's consumer price index fell by 0.05 percent in February compared to January and 0.25 percent from December 2014, according to the General Statistics Office.

It seemed that all roads led to the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda on February 24, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Corruption whistle blowers may be awarded up to VND5bn, an official from the Government's Inspectorate indicated.

Nguyen Thi Lan volunteered to work as a teacher in remote Yen Bai Province after she graduated in 2007, and she is still there, working with ethnic minority students.

Pro-Russia separatists brought reporters on Tuesday to witness the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to reinforce for

Authorities must make bigger strides this year in improving the country's business environment, said Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.

Peach growers in Hanoi are making good money caring for expensive trees bought during the Tet holiday.

Restaurants in HCM City were packed at the end of the Tet holidays as workers and students gathered to relax after the long round of feasting with family and friends.

On February 24, President Truong Tan Sang burnt incense in remembrance of Hung Kings’ merits of founding the nation and launched a tree-planting festival in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh.

The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced that 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival set for March 2-6 in Hanoi.

Traffic snarled key intersections of Hanoi on the last day of the Tet holiday as city folk began returning to work.

Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has reaffirmed the nation’s strong commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter at an open debate of the Security Council on February 23.