VIETNAM TODAY

Love was certainly in the air last year, as Vietnam's young people went to outstanding lengths to propose to their partners.

At least 18 people on a packed Carnival float in the Haitian capital were killed Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line.

Four prostitutes and one associate in a high-profile French prostitution trial have dropped their allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying that there isn't enough proof that the former IMF chief violated the law.

Circus artists from Vietnam, Russia and Belarus will entertain audiences in HCM City with extravagant performances to usher in the Lunar New Year.

A university education could become out of reach of many poor students as many state-owned schools plan to raise tuition.

A solemn memorial service was held for the late Nguyen Ba Thanh, a key figure in Vietnam's modern development, on February 16.

Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam, plans to restore 80 ancient wells, most of them locate on the north bank of the De Vong River near the Thanh Ha pottery village.

The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) last year bought debts of 36 businesses, valued at VND825.4 billion (US$38.5 million), posting 52 per cent year-on-year increase.

A train carrying crude oil derailed in southern West Virginia, sending at least one tanker into the Kanawha River and setting a house on fire, as several communities were evacuated.

Diverse activities including a calligraphy writing festival have been held in Hanoi to introduce cultural characteristics of Hanoi ancient streets and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Peach trees are blossoming around Hanoi, but growers are less than happy because the flowers have come too early for Tet and many are facing huge losses.

The ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are exerting every effort to achieve the goal of establishing the ASEAN Community on December 31, 2015, ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has said.

The Flower Road in HCM City's Ham Nghi Street will be opened to the public at 7pm on February 16. Workers are putting the finishing touches to perfect the flower arrangements, while young people and children pose beside the

Vietnamese top leaders have paid final respect to Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyen Ba Thanh.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cairo has fulfilled its 2014 tasks regardless recent complicated developments in Egypt, contributing to bolstering traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

A former top official accused of taking bribes in return for government positions has been expelled from the ruling Communist party and stripped of all government positions, a party watchdog said Monday.

The United Nations' Children's Fund and the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences have jointly held a dialogue in Hanoi to discuss a policy on education for girls and women with disabilities.

Authorities are stepping up their campaign to encourage people to stop smoking, with banners going up at several locations around Hanoi.

At least 35 Islamic State jihadists were killed on Sunday in clashes with Syrian Kurdish fighters around the flashpoint town of Kobane, a monitor said.