VIETNAM TODAY

President Truong Tan Sang has called on the country’s scientists and intellectuals to make further contributions to the development of science and technology, which spearhead national industrialization and modernization.

Life changes everyday and there are many differences to today’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival compared to past Tets. Despite each person’s individual feelings and whatever the changes are, for photographers, Tet will always reflect Hanoian culture.

The CEO of Trung Nguyen, one of Vietnam's leading coffee brands, expressed confidence in competing with other companies in foreign markets, especially Starbucks.

The number of travelers touring the beautiful historic relic sites of central provinces and cities has increased remarkably during the first days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Young people who are lacking real cash are posturing with hired luxury phone models in order to ‘live the lifestyle’.

Disgruntled former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner is believed barricaded in a mountain cabin after wounding two deputies during a gun battle this afternoon, according to the San Bernardino County sheriff's office.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is implementing plans to build three industrial zones with a total area of 1,400 hectares.

While the nation enjoys Tet, more than 1,200 fishing vessels from Song Doc town, Tran Van Thoi district of southern Ca Mau province headed out to sea, with hope for a successful first catch of the year.

Many Vietnamese overseas workers have found new ways of celebrating Tet abroad.

North Korea has confirmed that it "successfully" carried out a third nuclear test, drawing immediate condemnation from world powers.

For centuries, the worship of snakes became one of most ancient belief practices of the Vietnamese people who live in water-related environment.

In 2013, the tourism sector expects to further gain better performance when Vietnam continues to be a friendly and attractive destination for international tourists.

Drivers across the country seem to have been ignoring traffic laws while travelling during the Tet holiday.

At least thirteen people were killed and dozens of others wounded on Monday after a car exploded at the Turkey-Syria border, a Turkish government official said.

The Hue Royal Arts Theatre has established a database of royal music, said theatre director Truong Tuan Hai.

The camera zooms in on a stubble-bearded hunk dragging on a cigarette and blowing out a thick cloud of smoke with what seems to be great satisfaction.

The budget airlines VietJetAir will offer a sale promotion programme for travellers from Ha Noi to HCM City and the southern provinces in the middle of April.

Investors have used dozens of power projects in Phu Yen Province to exploit local forests, causing losses to hundreds hectares over the past decade.

Pope Benedict XVI’s shock decision to resign on February 28 sets the stage for a change in the ‘papacy for life’ system which has dominated the Catholic Church since its beginnings, and could reflect a wider change in the establishment.