VIETNAM TODAY

President Barack Obama vowed to reverse a tide of economic inequality threatening the American dream.

Vietnamese students win high prizes at many international competitions, but Vietnam is among the countries with the lowest labour productivity index in the world.

Vietnam has seen many positive results as well as challenges in various fields of development and the path to future growth looks bright, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

Three elderly men in northern Bac Giang Province are locally famous for further higher education after retirement.

The IMF said that there was no panic in emerging markets even as countries like India, Turkey and Argentina were facing sharp capital outflows and currency pressures.

The fate of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher remains uncertain one month after he suffered severe head injuries while skiing in the French Alps.

Pale blue, fibre-optic-like lines linking dots in an outline of China emerging from darkness -- technology giant Baidu has launched an astronomical chart-style image of the country's New Year travels.

Scientists have discovered a new plant species in the buffer zone of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh Province.

A shipping route connecting Da Nang and Kawasaki in Japan via Shanghai, China will launch next Tuesday, general director of Da Nang port Nguyen Thu said.

Hong Kong began a mass cull of 20,000 chickens on Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in poultry imported from mainland China, authorities said.

"I love the warm atmosphere of Lunar New Year's Eve, when the whole family gets together to enjoy the traditional year-end feast," Pham Thi Vy says.

The capital city of Hanoi will employ drastic measures to inspect and prevent environmental pollution in its river basins, industrial parks and trade villages in 2014.

Tens of thousands of people have flocked to the airport and bus stations in HCM City to return their hometowns for Tet.

Amid the vast rain forests of Borneo Island, lies a region unlike any other. A world made up of animal kingdoms, mystical prehistoric caves, lofty mountains and amazing underwater gardens.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Education and Training to reconsider giving foreign names to universities.

The General Statistics Office of Vietnam admitted and explained mistakes in the calculation of Vietnam’s consumer price index in January.

The northwestern province of Lao Cai has temporarily stopped licensing tours and selling tickets to Hoang Lien National Park and Fansipan Mountain until the first quarter of 2014 to serve forest fire prevention.

A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 27 on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the

An ongoing exhibition focuses on the origin and history of the two famous genres of Vietnamese folk paintings, Dong Ho and Hang Trong.