VIETNAM TODAY

The central city of Hoi An will promote the use of bicycles this year as part of a plan to build the city into the first eco-city in Vietnam.

A policeman's wife was shot dead and then set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south, officials said Monday, in an apparent revenge attack.

The People’s Supreme Procuracy has decided to prosecute Nguyen Duc Kien, the founder of ACB bank, along with eight accomplices, on several charges.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Nam Hong are co-chairing the 13th session of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation in Phnom Penh on February 10-11.

Sun Group plans to put Asian Park, an amusement centre in Danang city, into operation by the end of this year.

Deep in the Mekong Delta, two Frenchmen have their heads buried in a sack of cacao beans. The pair – co-founders of Vietnam's first artisan chocolate maker – resurface, murmuring appreciatively.

The Health Ministry has ordered all provinces to intensify measles prevention and quarantine smeasures as the epidemic is likely to spread due to the humid and cold weather and the increase in travel at the beginning of the year.

After days out at sea, fishing boats have returned from their first voyage of the year, laden with fish, shrimp and squids.

Taiwan technology giant Foxconn group has signed a letter of intent to invest up to $1 billion in Indonesia as it seeks to diversify production away from China, officials said Sunday.

Professor Vu Quy, who has been named among 35 Heroes of the Environment by Time Magazine, has donated tens of billions of VND from his awards to charity.

Thousands of tourists and Buddhist dignitaries flocked to the Yen Tu Pagoda in Quang Ninh province to join the Spring Festival, which officially opened on February 9, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

The creator of the popular and highly addictive mobile game Flappy Bird has just taken down the game since early February 10.

Vietnam’s national report has provided diverse and full information on the country’s human rights situation, reflecting its seriousness in observing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, said the country’s representative.

Bac Lieu Wind Power Plant has generated more than 20 million kWhs since it came on stream nine months ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Vietnam during Tet holidays posted a year-on-year increase by 20.8%, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the National Steering Committee on Anti-terrorism which has been established under the Government’s new decree.

The number of children killed and wounded in Afghanistan's war jumped by 34 percent last year as the Taliban stepped up attacks across the country and continued to lay thousands of roadside bombs, the United Nations said Saturday.

The State Bank of Vietnam is committed to a flexible approach to management that maintains currency market stability and increases foreign currency reserves.

Forget Angry Birds or Candy Crush. The hottest mobile game now is Flappy Bird, a Vietnamese product, which dominated the iOS and Android download market share in January 2013.