VIETNAM TODAY

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with ethnic minority voters from Quang Thuan commune in Bach Thong district, that are amongst the most disadvantaged communities in Bac Kan province.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung decided to give a warning to the former chairman of EVN for big losses of their subsidiary EVN Telecom.

President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full weight" behind legislation aimed at preventing gun violence.

Traditional rice wine brewers that lack production licences will be forced to close after January 1, 2013.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has estimated Vietnam’s 2012 shrimp exports at US$2.25 billion, down 6.3 percent from 2011.

Ba Be Lake in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has been awarded the title of national special relic site .

The IMF and European Commission officials have encouraged France and its eurozone partners not to fixate on deficit reduction targets if it would exacerbate the bloc's debt crisis.

A severe cold spell is expected to hit the northern region, with temperatures dropping to 10-12 degrees Celsius in plains areas, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

Syrian troops bombarded rebel bastions near the capital on Sunday a day after at least 32 civilians including 11 children were killed by air strikes and artillery fire in the Damascus area, a watchdog said.

Nearly 200 artists and 36 jugglers from 12 delegations nationwide have attended the opening of the second National Jugglery Festival in Hanoi on December 29.

Students' parents at a Hanoi’s preschool were angered after seeing their children were given pictures of a half-naked mermaid.

Belgium is rightly proud as producer of some of the world's finest chocolate but changing tastes and new markets in Asia and the Arab world are shaking up its predictable chocolate scene.

Farmers in Dong Thap are making efforts to ensure Lai Vung mandarin oranges are ready for the coming Lunar New Year holiday, which begins in mid-February.

The Hanoi Department of Transportation launched the flyover linking Dong Anh district’s Nam Hong road and Thang Long road to Noi Bai International Airport on December 29.

A special class has been held for children with autism and cerebral palsy at the Pediatrics Hospital 1 in HCM City.

Taliban militants have shot dead 21 Pakistani soldiers who they had kidnapped in Peshawar, officials said Sunday.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday urged the agriculture sector to make drastic changes in order to become more sustainable.

A solemn ceremony was held on December 29 in Hanoi to celebrate the Aerial Dien Bien Phu Victory 40 years ago.

The UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria was to hold talks in Moscow Saturday to find a way out of the Syria conflict after Russia upped the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to open talks with the rebels.