VIETNAM TODAY

This morning, Jan 1, the civil and military rescue team continued to the search for 13 missing fishermen in the sinking of the ship QB 93 714 TS of fisherman Nguyen Quoc Phong.

Authorities say that at least 61 people were killed in a stampede when New Year's revels turned into a panicked stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial centre.

Half of the materials used to produce herbal medicine sold at markets are imported and their quality remains a question to both relevant authorities and consumers, health experts have said.

DTiNews presents its top 10 political and social events of the year.

Many Americans seem to be in a sour mood as 2013 begins, after Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of the East Coast, a gunman massacred 20 school children in Connecticut and a long, contentious election campaign was followed by failure

Price of various kinds of fruits has increasing rapidly after traders began ordering huge volumes for the coming Tet Lunar New Year in February.

Despite chilly temperatures, thousands of Hanoians converged on August Revolution Square at midnight to celebrate the New Year.

Remittances from overseas Vietnamese in 2012 may reach USD11 billion and may mark the highest level in the last four years.

Lavish fireworks displays ushered in 2013 across the Asia-Pacific region, and Europe was holding scaled-back festivities and street parties.

Turkey's intelligence agency has discussed the issue of disarmament with the jailed Kurdish leader in a bid to bring an end to the nearly three-decade old insurgency.

Although the waste treatment plant at Hoa Phu in Vinh Long Province became operational at the beginning of this month, it is yet to open to business.

A paradox exists that tour fees have decreased sharply in the Tet high tourism season. However, the tour fee reductions still cannot help stimulate demand.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has admitted that big problems exist in the textbooks for the national education system.

The family of the Indian woman who died after a gang-rape said in an interview Monday that his family wanted the perpetrators hanged.

A tendency for offices in HCM City to move back to the downtown area was discernible in 2012, according to leading commercial real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield.

Vietnamese people from all walks of life, both living in the country and overseas, have been invited to give feedback on the amendments to the country’s 1992 Constitution.

Sydney will kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013 from Dubai to Paris and London.

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been selected as 2012’s most outstanding athlete (scoring 1570 points), followed by swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (1020 points).

The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists.