VIETNAM TODAY

Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the top mobile phone brand for 2012, a research firm said Tuesday.

Dien Bien Province is home to the largest number of HIV/AIDS-infected people due to its position as a centre for drug trafficking.

The MoET has issued a statement discouraging schools and universities from organising beauty contests for students.

Nineteen people died of exposure in Ukraine in the last 24 hours amid temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, bringing the toll this month to 37, the health ministry said Tuesday.

The Vietnam Bar Federation should ensure member lawyers protect the legal rights of the people, President Truong Tan Sang said during his meeting with the association in Hanoi.

China said it faces a bleak foreign trade environment in 2013 due to ongoing global economic weakness.

The nation's water resources are in danger of depletion and rising pollution levels, a problem with a potential for significant detrimental effects on socio-economic development.

Vietnamese students Ho Ngoc Nhi has won great admiration for passing the entrance exams of six prestigious US universities.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced plans for a culture and tourism week entitled “Hue Heritage—a Week for Tourists”, scheduled for December 24 to 30.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked banks to provide capital for Electricity of Vietnam to develop urgent power supplies and the grid over the next two years.

One person died and tens of others injured after a fire spread in the biggest trade centre in central Ha Tinh Province today morning.

Social work at hospitals plays an important role in overall health. But Vietnamese medical facilities have fallen short.

Although the world petrol prices have decreased, domestic companies are reluctant to make decreases.

All hospitals with 500 beds and more will be required to set up a counselling centre under a draft decree issued by the Ministry of Health.

Japan's presumptive premier Shinzo Abe got his US leaders mixed up, when he told business chiefs he had been speaking to "President Bush" after a phone call from Barack Obama.

A prophecy circulated on social networks has tied Nostradamus and Psy to the December 21 apocalypse prophesied by the Mayans.

Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan should push the import-export of products of each side’s strength, in order to tap into the great potential of bilateral trade.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Hanoi South Supporting Industrial Park (Hanssip) was held in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen District on December 17.

The satellite launched by North Korea appears to be dead as no signal can be detected, a US-based astrophysicist has said.