VIETNAM TODAY

Local producers said horror movie “Ngoi nha trong hem” achieved record sales of VND 2.4 billion (USD114,887) from its Tuesday premier alone.

Rio's Carnival celebrations reached their peak with the start of the sumptuous parades at the city's hallowed Sambadrome -- a riotous frenzy of skin, sweat, sequins and music.

The Government will suspend new economic zones in order to focus on developing the existing projects.

The lower comparative advantage of price, instability in the Middle East and the debt crisis in Europe have all adversely affected Vietnam’s farm product exports.

President Truong Tan Sang paid a visit to the Nghi Son Economic Zone in Thanh Hoa province, where he inspected construction on Nghi Son Thermo-electric power plant No.1.

A man who had been wanted in the gruesome murder of a gold shop owner in Hanoi, turned himself in to police on Feb. 18 evening, local authorities said.

Iran ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France in a move seen as retaliation against tightening EU sanctions.

At least 44 inmates were killed in a Mexican prison riot, just days after a deadly inferno in a jail in Honduras.

Twelve groups and 59 individuals were honoured at a ceremony in the northern province of Phu Tho for their contributions to preserving hat Xoan.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is concerned with the spread of bird flu in 11 provinces and cities across the country.

The Philippine Coast Guard has saved nine Vietnamese fishermen from the central province of Quang Ngai which was stuck near the Balabac Strait on February 17.

President Truong Tan Sang awarded Ho Chi Minh and State prizes to the minds behind 32 ground breaking scientific projects in 2010 at a ceremony in Hanoi.

The Tien Lang land withdrawal case shows that farmers invested their money and efforts into land. When land is revoked, they had no way of living and offered reckless resistance, said an expert.

The Rio Carnival came alive with more than two million revelers in outlandish costumes staging a mammoth, samba-driven street festival in the city center.

Montgomerie Links, near Da Nang City, hosted the ‘2012 Swing to Swim Charity Golf Day’ to raise funds for survival swimming programmes in the central region of Vietnam.

Around USD1.4 billion will be needed to build a new Hanoi-Lang Son expressway, with USD500 million in support from the Asian Development Bank.

The first traditional eco-friendly bamboo longhouse, sponsored by World Wildlife Fund, was inaugurated in Ta Lai village in Tan Phu District in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Universities and junior colleges complained that the rigid enrollment regulations would put big difficulties for them; but the Ministry of Education and Training said it “wont’s make concessions.”

The BBC Television has covered cruise safety in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay.