VIETNAM TODAY

Many businesses in timber craft villages have switched their focus to the domestic market in a bid to escape the current economic downturn.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked provinces and cities nationwide to launch crackdowns against criminals to ensure a safe and happy Lunar New Year holiday for all.

Clashes between Egyptian police and protesters turned deadly on Friday as crowds marked the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Ecuador considers Vietnam its strategic partner in Asia, Deputy Foreign Minister Marco Albuja told his host Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi.

Female chess grandmaster Nguyen Thi Thanh An is leading the 2013 Chess World Cup qualifying round after finishing her first five matches undefeated in the Philippines.

Many scientists of southern cities and provinces have called for a new approach to climate change adaptation that would be tailored to each specific region.

The bad debts of Vietnam’s four big state-owned commercial banks were estimated at VND46.6 trillion as of Dec. 31, 2012.

At least 50 people were killed in clashes at a prison in Venezuela, a hospital director who was at the scene said.

Hanoi hosted a grand meeting on January 25 marking the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement signing.

The first 2013 Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting and related meetings will take place in Indonesia from January 25 to February 7.

Inflation will continue to rise in Vietnam and fluctuate at from 8%-10% this year, according experts from the ANZ Bank.

The MoET’s new regulation that allows students to bring tape-recorders and cameras in exams has caused concern.

The PM held a regular working session in Hanoi with experts to review the country’s socio-economic performance and seek measures to execute this year’s goals.

The largest nuclear power plant in the world may be forced to shut down under tightened rules proposed by Japan's new nuclear watchdog.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem had his third win at the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK on January 25.

Vietnam has licensed 37 FDI projects, worth USD257.1 million in registered capital in January, 2013, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

Fears that most of the Earth's species will become extinct before they have even been discovered by science are "alarmist", according to an international study.

Vietnam hopes to receive more Finish development aid for poverty reduction, water supply and environmental sanitation, forestation, private economic development, green growth and climate change adaptation.

The MoLISA has rejected the proposal on paying workers 15 months of salary annually, instead of a current 13 months.