VIETNAM TODAY

The ocean's deepest volcanic vents, kilometres below the surface, are teeming with life forms never before seen that thrive near super-hot underwater geysers, according to a new study.

There were 857 labour strikes Vietnam in the first 11 months of 2011, the highest number on record to date.

The second phase of the Enhancement of French in Southeast Asia project is expected to popularize the French language among young people in the region.

Plan International in Vietnam will provide $3.2 million in support of poor children in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum in the next five years.

For the first time the audience will have a chance to enjoy famous love songs by Phu Quang and Trinh Cong Son in one show in Hanoi on February 1-2.

The state-owned Vinacomin Group is seeking approval to use coal as security to secure foreign loans.

Japanese Justice Minister Hiraoka Hideo vowed to do his best to boost Japan-Vietnam relations, especially in building a law-governed state, and improving the legal system.

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, prompting officials to issue a brief tsunami warning.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses.

Many Vietnamese commercial banks continue to flout the State Bank of Vietnam’s deposit interest rate cap of 14%.

Millions tonnes of sludge are discharged directly to rivers, canals and unused land areas every year without any treatment, causing serious pollution to Hanoi.

The peach tree leasing market, which kicked off one month ago, has become hotter these days, as Tet comes in just two weeks.

Police raided the Tay Bac Quan restaurant in Hanoi and caught restaurant workers red-handed in the process of cooking a pot of tiger bone gruel.

Phu My Hung Corporation collected over VND2.3 billion at the seventh Lawrence S. Ting Charity Walk to support the poor in the lead up to Tet holiday.

Vu Minh Quang, father of a seventh grader at Trung Nhi Junior Secondary School, noticed a contradiction in his son's English.

Western expressions of alarm over uranium enrichment begun at a new underground plant in Iran are "politically motivated," the Iranian envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog said.

NA Vice Chairman Uong Chung Luu said the imposition of traffic fees would play some part in easing congestion.

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study.

Vietnam’s seafood sector will run short of capital and material resources and face challenges of meeting food hygiene and safety requirements, an agency has said.