VIETNAM TODAY

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a Lunar New Year (Tet) visit to the growing Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi, including participating in a tree planting festival, on February 22.

Japan will begin producing the electric trains that will be used in the Purple Line that links Bang Yai with Bang Sue in a matter of weeks so that the train cars can be delivered before the end of

A café that mixes science with refreshment has opened in HCM City, and is proving a magnet for young people interested in creativity, the sciences and unique drinks.

The first-ever Vietnamese music and fashion show will be organised at Tempodrom Theatre in Berlin on April 4.

Photographers are invited to send photos featuring Viet Nam's ethnic groups for an exhibition to be held towards the end of March.

Nearly 9,000 workers in 11 frozen seafood export processing factories in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have just resumed work after the Tet (Lunar New Year) vacation.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang is taking steps to have the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic group be included on the list of the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau has launched a science club at the Tuan Chau tourist area in Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay with the hope of it become a young scientist incubator, a dream that he has long cherished.

Demand for human resources in the IT industry in HCM City is expected to increase by 15-20 percent this year, delegates said at a seminar on "Software Testing in The Agile World" held recently in HCM City.

The Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival is a special opportunity for foreigners living, working or just travelling in Vietnam to get a better understanding of the country’s rich cultural history and traditions.

The World Health Organization has urged countries to invest billions of dollars to tackle 17 neglected tropical diseases -- including dengue fever, leprosy and sleeping sickness -- which kill 500,000 people globally each year.

Online shopping grew 10 percentage points last year, but most Vietnamese still prefer to pay cash, a new survey has found.

The National Traffic Safety Committee is reporting 164 road deaths in the five days from February 15 to February 19, 29 more to date than last year's Tet toll.

Ha Van Tha, a carpenter who does seasonal work in Hanoi, is concerned that he would lose money under the recent revisions of the social insurance law, which will require employers and and workers with one- to three-month contracts

Drivers using the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway got a surprise when they were handed lucky red envelopes full of cash when they stopped at toll booths on Lunar New Year's Eve.

Some 200 tourists arrived at Tien Sa port in central Da Nang city in the morning of February 19, the first day in the year of goat.

Farmers in Dak To District's Tan Canh Commune claim they are forced to use polluted water pumped from the Poko River to water their coffee bushes.

Le Cong Vinh has been recognised as the highest-paid sportsman of Viet Nam, based on what he has earned in the last eight years.

Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong of the State Bank of Vietnam said yesterday that SBV will initiate a formal investigation into the 26 HSBC Holdings Plc.’s Swiss unit accounts that are registered under the names of Vietnamese citizens and