VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review Report in the second cycle will be reviewed at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 5 in Switzerland.

Hanoi’s electric buggy service has carried more than 1 million tourists on tours around the capital’s Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the city over the past three years, overtaking the traditional cyclo as the

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology promises to entertain the public in the post-Tet weekend with a range of cultural and folk-related activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year holidays.

Prosecutors filed charges Friday against two former Boy Scout leaders accused of toppling one of the ancient rock formations at Utah's Goblin Valley State Park.

Visit the Central Highlands as provinces there celebrate their NationalTourism Year, and you'll find a peaceful landscape of rolling mountains and magnificent waterfalls.

President Truong Tan Sang on January 31 visited and extended New Year wishes to workers living away from home in Ho Chi Minh City, noting that the Party and State always take heed of improving their lives.

Indian visitors walk past artwork by Leena Kejriwal on display during the India Art Fair in New Delhi on January 31, 2014Indian visitors walk past artwork by Leena Kejriwal on display during the India Art Fair in New Delhi

There are many practices that are traditionally frowned upon during Tet, and if you believe, could even bring you bad luck in the new year.

The Danish vessel Leopard, owned by container ship operator Maersk Line, berthed in Quy Nhon port in the central province of Binh Dinh on January 31, the first day of the lunar New Year.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh exported some 28,000 tonnes of coal on January 31, the first day of the Lunar New Year, from the Cam Pha port.

According to a post on the forum of the State Bank of Vietnam's portal, using the virtual currency Bitcoin may be illegal in Vietnam.

Representatives from communication groups, press agencies and research institutes in ASEAN nations and Japan met at the first ASEAN journalists’ conference in Tokyo on January 30.

British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with French President François Hollande on Friday, when the pair are expected to discuss how to deepen defence, nuclear energy cooperation and reforming the European Union.

On the threshold of the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, celebrated in both Vietnam and China, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 30 spoke over the phone with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi.

About 1,400 people filed a joint lawsuit Thursday against three companies that manufactured reactors at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, saying they should be financially liable for damage caused by their 2011 meltdowns.

Tourism parks and entertainment centres in Ho Chi Minh City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on January 31.

Up to 85 people were killed and 148 others injured in the 168 traffic accidents nationwide over the past three days as the nation is celebrating the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year).

President Truong Tan Sang has extended his seasonal greetings and well-wishes to citizens nationwide on the eve of the lunar New Year.