VIETNAM TODAY

Many people in big cities rushed into major streets to welcome New Year.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete at the 2013 Malaysia Open from January 15-20.

Waste from the mainland may be at fault for 70 per cent of marine pollution, according to the Sea and Islands General Administration of Vietnam.

The Ivory Coast on Wednesday began three days of national mourning after a stampede among crowds gathered for celebratory New Year's Eve fireworks in Abidjan left at least 60 dead.

The bad business environment has forced several large Vietnamese firms into bankruptcy this year, while others have had to merge.

On January 1, Cai Lan Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh received the first cargo vessel of 2013, the CHUETSU SPIRIT from the Philippines .

Vietnam was forced to hire a Chinese film production company to produce a film promoting tourism due to domestic failures.

An international sea tourism fair entitled “Seas, islands, and tourism development” will take place in Nha Trang city this June.

Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in Maiduguri city Tuesday, in an incident that left one soldier and 13 insurgents dead, the army said.

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.