VIETNAM TODAY

Despite criticism about animal cruelty, the annual Pig Slaughter Ceremony in Bac Ninh Province went ahead with participants maintaining they want to keep traditional customs alive.

Adverse climate change could cost Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand at least US$16 billion per year in damage to natural resource assets and infrastructure services, a report has revealed.

The Vietnamese stock market ended a rough year of 2014 with continued growth.

Quang Binh Province and Australia’s Augusta Margaret River Tourism Association have signed an agreement to establish a symbiotic relationship between tourist caves in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the Margaret River Region.

Edging toward a historic compromise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran's nuclear activities for at least 10 years but then slowly ease restrictions on programs that could be used

The Government encourages public universities to manage their own funding in order to improve the quality of education and human resources, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said during a recent visit to Ton Duc Thang University.

More than 800 people died this Tet holiday, mostly due to road accidents and fights, hospitals across Vietnam reported.

Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model Hoang Thuy has left deep impression on international audience at a show of famous designer Jeremy Scott in the framework of the ongoing New York Fashion Week.

Eight people, including two children, were injured when a garbage truck ran out of control after its brakes apparently failed as it came down Doan Ket Slope in Vinh Hung Ward, Hoang Mai District, in Hanoi yesterday (February 22).

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has urged inferior levels to strive to search and gather around 2,000 sets of remains of martyrs in 2015.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) mobilized VND216 billion to support children with difficulties last year, much higher than the projected figure of VND87 billion.

The 21st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat, which will be held in Kota Baharu, Kelantan from February 28 to March 1, will focus on ensuring all core economic integration measures stipulated in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) blueprint are realized,

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is striving to become the economic hub of the region by 2020, said Tran Thanh Man, Secretary of the city’s Party Committee.

State President Truong Tan Sang attended a gathering of the Vietnam Liaison Committee for Former Prisoners of War and representatives from its provincial counterparts in Ho Chi Minh City on February 22.

Traffic jams are encircling HCM City as huge numbers of people try to return to the metropolis as the Tet holiday draws to a close.

The national beach football team will gather in Nha Trang in central Khanh Hoa province from February 25 to March 29 to prepare for the Asian elimination round of the upcoming 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

At least 66 people died when a passenger ferry carrying more than 150 passengers and crew capsized after colliding with a trawler on a river in central Bangladesh on Sunday, police said.

Nine Vietnamese fishermen were rescued Sunday off the coast of Vung Tau City after their boat engine broke down, leaving the fishermen adrift for many hours.

Nearly 430 traffic accidents occurred within the seven days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) nationwide, leaving 246 people dead and 415 injured according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.