VIETNAM TODAY

A report states more than 290 traffic accidents occurred during the first six days of the Tet holiday, leaving 234 dead.

Facebook Inc said on Friday it had been the target of an unidentified hacker group, but it found no evidence that user data was compromised.

HCM City aims to post export turnover of US$34 billion this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.5 per cent, according to the city's department of industry and trade.

The Ministry of Finance’s draft law guiding the use of State capital in enterprises will be opened to public opinion before it is submitted to the Government in July.

The EU has agreed the immediate launch of tests for horse DNA in meat products, seeking to reassure nervous consumers that their food is safe and to end the horsemeat scandal spreading across Europe.

France will exhibit its woven products during Hue Traditional Craft Festival from April 27 to May 1, 2013, according to Nguyen Dang Manh, Deputy Chairman of central Thua Thien-Hue Province People’s Committee.

People in Hai Duong Province unwittingly bought Chinese lanterns that displayed the name of the Chinese government body on Vietnam's Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has finished 62nd at the Aeroflot Blitz Chess category in Russia despite his fourth seed.

More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings.

Many coffee shops and restaurants have raised their prices following the new lunar year.

Tens of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists and tourists from Vietnam and abroad have flocked to pagodas and Spring festivals at the beginning of the Year of the Snake.

More than 100,000 troops and civilians staged a mass rally in Pyongyang to celebrate North Korea's nuclear test and praise the "matchless" bravery of leader Kim Jong-Un, state media said.

Almost one in five of the world's reptile species are in danger of extinction, a report said.

Vietnam and San Marino signed an agreement on double tax avoidance between the two governments in Rome, Italy, on February 14.

A lot of work remains to be done in 2013 before energy prices can be fixed properly in line with the development of market economy.

Thousands of people, including some first-time activists moved by the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, rallied at Connecticut's state Capitol demanding lawmakers toughen gun laws.

Thousands of locals and visitors have attended a festival in Hanoi’s Dong Da Park marking the 224th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da Victory.

A Vietnamese delegation attended the 36th session of the Annual Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome from February 13 to 14.

The French government ruled that meat wholesaler Spanghero knowingly sold Romanian horsemeat as beef, immediately withdrawing the French company’s license.