VIETNAM TODAY

Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh Province has faced many problems during the festival including disorder and damage to the pagoda.

State employees and agencies are banned from using public vehicles to go to festivals and organising festival visits during working hours.

With a desire to make practical contributions to the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s efforts and development, the Vietnamese NA has officially offered to host the IPU Assembly in 2015.

By exclusively breastfeeding infants for the first six months of their lives, mothers could prevent over 4,000 Vietnamese children from dying each year, according to a report released by Save the Children.

Fears over a Europe-wide food fraud scandal concerning horsemeat sold as beef have spread to Hong Kong after an imported brand of "beef" lasagne was pulled from shelves, officials said.

An official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism answered questions about reducing shortcomings at festivals.

The private carrier Air Mekong has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration to halt operation of its flights.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh attended the fifth India-ASEAN Delhi Dialogue in New Delhi, India.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group has set up a corporation which will focus on waterway transport under its restructuring plan.

Fire is devastating the Bac Bien Ho protective pine forest in Phu Hoa Town, Chu Pah District in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Tunisian PM Hamadi Jebali has announced his resignation following a meeting with President Moncef Marzouki.

Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will be developed into a national tourism complex by 2020.

Offices in many parts of the country remained deserted during the first working days after Tet as people visited pagodas or met friends.

Bayern Munich loaded fresh misery onto beleaguered Arsenal with a 3-1 win at the Emirates Stadium that left them with one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Russia-Vietnam relations have endured through ups and downs, creating a firm foundation for promoting comprehensive cooperation in various areas of mutual concern.

A new policy drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and relevant agencies is expected to fuel foreign direct investment flows into Vietnam.

A Syrian army rocket attack on a rebel-held district in the city of Aleppo killed at least 20 people and another 25 were missing, opposition activists said on Tuesday.

A NA Deputy from HCM City has had to apologise for using offensive language in criticising a fellow deputy in a recent blog entry.

The USAID on February 19 announced that it has contracted with TerraTherm Inc. to carry out thermal remediation of dioxin at Da Nang airport in the central city of the same name.