VIETNAM TODAY

When the volunteers of Hope Club started selling vegetarian meals for 5,000 VND, they could barely keep up with demand. Can the cheap food convince other students to abandon meat?

After retiring from his job as a cameraman, Hoang Ngoc Hung pursues sculptures on egg shells as a hobby to keep alive his passion for art and it helps him to relax and have carefree weekends.

Despite initial signs of recovery, the Vietnamese auto industry is expecting a challenging 2014 as deadline pressures from ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) commitments continue to mount. Total sales exceeded 110,000 vehicles in 2013, nearly 20 percent more than

Last year tied for the sixth-hottest on record, confirming that Earth's climate system is in the grip of warming that will affect generations to come, the UN's weather agency said Wednesday.

Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review Report in the second cycle was reviewed at a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Switzerland.

The US Senate on February 4 adopted a bill on farm subsidies, including a provision that is counterproductive to Vietnamese catfish exports.

A series of policies on agricultural insurance, debt management, anti-corruption, and SOEs equitization will come into force in February.

Three explosions in Baghdad, including a car bomb opposite the foreign ministry, killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20 others on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.

Nine masterpieces, including five ones written by late President Ho Chi Minh, joined the list of 77 national treasures.

The Haiphong Economic Zone Management Board has just granted an investment license to Hong Kong’s Apex Wealth International Limitenad.

Thailand has announced that a contract to sell more than a million tonnes of rice to China has been cancelled.

The Huong Pagoda Festival officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 5 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of about 50,000 pilgrims.

At least 250 people have been killed and another 560 seriously injured in 530 traffic accidents nationwide over the past 8 days (from January 28 to February 4), official statistics show.

North and South Korea held talks on Wednesday on resuming reunions for families separated by the Korean War -- an emotive issue that Pyongyang has been accused of exploiting as a bargaining chip.

Binh Dinh's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is trying to convince its partner in the nearby Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to remove a ban on livestock imports.

The Goethe Institute in Hanoi will offer German films for public viewing at the end of this month, include a diverse mixture of successful German movies.

The global economy is expected to see growth in 2014, which would benefit emerging countries, including Vietnam, said a Vietnamese economist.

A survey recently conducted in the northern province of Ha Giang has found the largest group of the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys to date.

Thailand's opposition launched a legal attempt to annul a controversial weekend general election, as the US warned against any attempt at a military coup to end months of political agony.