VIETNAM TODAY

A ferry is believed to have sunk in bad weather off Papua New Guinea with as many as 350 people on board, its operator said, adding that some survivors have been found.

Binh Dinh province needs to tap its internal strength and take full advantage of sea ports, airports, particularly the Quy Nhon port to achieve sustainable development.

Gas traders in HCM City have increased retail prices for the third time in a month, taking prices to VND425,000 for a 12-kilo canister.

Jetstar Pacific, the first low cost air service provider in Vietnam, offers the cheapest ticket fares in the world, according to a survey of Spanish e- commerce travel company eDreams.

It is a Vietnamese tradition that stars can decide people's fortune, but some say that this practice is a waste of time and money.

At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured in fan violence after a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said.

The Mekong Delta’s Soc Trang Province has reported another bird flu death, the 2nd case in 2012, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

Vinalines announced a pre-tax profit of VND62 bn in 2011 after it suffered losses of up to VND660 bn in the first half of the year.

Travelling from Son La City to Moc Chau Plateau at this time of year, visitors are amazed by white plum trees in full bloom.

The Lim Festival scheduled to open this Saturday is expected to reach the national record for the greatest number of people singing Quan Ho (a love duet) and wearing traditional clothes.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem was Tuesday defeated by China’s number 1 women player Hou Yifan at the 8th round of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK.

China is bracing for renewed calls to ease its rare earths controls after the WTO ruled Beijing's limits on key raw material exports broke trade rules, the China Daily said.

Globally endangered green turtles are enjoying a baby boom on remote Philippine islands, environment group Conservation International said.

Many HCM City graduates, fresh out of vocational schools and junior colleges, now resort to buying work experience instead of gaining it to qualify for admission exams at undergraduate levels.

Silent movie "The Artist" was given yet another Hollywood award -- though this one not from the Oscars or Golden Globes organisers, but from city fathers in Tinseltown itself.

Hanoi has begun to modernise old air-quality monitoring stations this year under a plan approved by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem defeated Israeli rival Tamir Nabaty in the seventh round at the ongoing Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK.

Hanoi applies a change in office and school hours starting February 1, causing worries among both parents and teachers.

Vietnam will set up offices in several promising markets including the Middle East this year to promote its goods and also attract investment.