VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese people from across the country on January 30 took to the streets to welcome in the Year of the Horse. Let’s tour around Vietnam on New Year’s Eve through pictures.

The thrum of motorcycles echoes over a Chinese mountain road, where hundreds of thousands are shunning public transport to take the highway home during the world's largest annual human migration.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan on Northern key economic region development by 2020 with a vision towards 2030 with a view to heightening the status of the region as an emerging national political, cultural, scientific

Hanoi's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism wants to promote smoke-free restaurants and hotels this year, said the vice director of the department, Mai Tien Dung.

Deputy Prime Minster and Foreign Minster Pham Binh Minh has extended best regards and lunar New Year wishes to State Councilor and Chairman of the Chinese Subcommittee Yang Jiechi.

Sculptor Ker Tik from the Co Tu ethnic community in the central region has worked to make his community's culture shine beyond its locality.

While ideal places for watching fireworks on New Year’s Eve are often fully booked some days before the event in previous years, it is not especially busy this year.

India ranked at the bottom of 25 countries on intellectual property protection in a survey released Wednesday by a US business association.

Bringing Xoan singing into schools has been recognised as an effective way of keeping the traditional art form in the hearts and minds of local people in the northern province of Phu Tho, its cradle.

Low-cost airline VietJetAir’s executive Luu Duc Khanh announced that the company is competing a US$6.1 billion deal with Airbus to purchase 62 aircraft at a Singapore Airlines Show next month.

The establishment of Con Co Island Marine Reserve is a basis for Quang Tri Province to manage its marine resources and environment in a collective, unified and effective way.

Vietnam ’s exports are forecast to enjoy a good year in 2014 thanks to the country’s efforts to expand markets and new opportunities generated from trade deals.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and southern Tay Ninh province have introduced tough measures to thwart poultry smuggling during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu in

Tet (Lunar New Year) activities have more or less changed over time, but beautiful traditional customs are followed today in every Vietnamese family.

Even though Tet is just days away, many people in HCM City remain hesitant to buy flowers and ornamental trees for the holiday because of the economic situation.

Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped one position to No 8 in the world rankings.

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam announced many serious violations at the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Russia has decided to halt importing Tra fish and other aquatic products from 7 Vietnamese businesses as of January 31, 2014.

A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually, said the UN.