VIETNAM TODAY

A castaway who says he survived 13 months adrift in the Pacific said he thought about suicide but was sustained by dreams of eating his favourite food and reuniting with his family.

Only six percent of secondary school graduates in Vietnam go to vocational schools. More than a half of high school graduates go to universities and junior colleges.

Vietnamese software exporters are expecting a future of bountiful opportunities in Japan, the US, Singapore, and Europe.

A Dutch heavy lift ship left Kaliningrad on February 3, carrying the second Russian-built Kilo-class submarine to a naval base in Vietnam.

Chelsea defied Manchester City's scintillating home form with a superb 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Monday that injected fresh intrigue into the Premier League title race.

Thousands of sea and air travellers have visited Danang City during the past few days, heralding a bonanza year for the local tourism industry in the new year.

As Facebook celebrates its 10th anniversary, the world's biggest social network is finding its path as a maturing company, adapting to an aging user base.

The Vietnamese people create giant-size traditional Tet items as part of the numerous activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

"Previously our slogan was each couple should have one to two children; our current message is let’s have two children, having two children is the best,” said the chief of the General Department of Population.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

Vietnam's total trade turnover with countries in South Asia last year reached USD6.2 billion, posting a 30 percent increase over the previous year.

A large number of unemployed university graduates stayed in rented housing or did seasonal jobs in HCMC instead of returning home for Tet.

After years of squabbling, Harry Potter's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger finally became an item -- but now their creator JK Rowling has admitted she made a mistake by marrying them off.

The project of raising ostriches has been carried out for nearly ten years in the sunny and windy land of Quang Binh Province and has brought big profits for the locals.

Overseas Vietnamese in the Macau Special Administrative Region, China, gathered to welcome the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet) at a meeting hosted by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau.

Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and Lyon against new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalising gay marriage, accusing French President Francois Hollande's government of "family phobia".

Despite living far from home, Vietnamese nationals residing in France go to a pagoda on the outskirts of Paris on New Year’s Day to pray for good luck, happiness and prosperity.

Protesters trying to derail Thailand's national elections Sunday forced the closure of hundreds of polling stations in a highly contentious vote that has become the latest flash point in the country's deepening political crisis.

As many as 60,000 tourists, including nearly 41,000 foreign visitors visited imperial Hue’s relics in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue during the first three days of Tet (the Lunar New Year)-the Year of the Horse.