VIETNAM TODAY

Images from the development of the Hanoi urban centre from 1873-1945 are on display at the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre.

The Vietnam Gas Association has detected a number of local gas traders who have imported dimethyl ether to dilute gas.

The country’s leaders met on Jan. 19 at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.

EU nations agreed to sanction Iran's central bank, freezing assets used to finance its nuclear drive, but have yet to clinch an oil embargo deal that could penalise debt-hit Greece.

After being fined for violating regulations, Raffles International College Hanoi offered to reimburse any unhappy students.

Meningococcal meningitis is spreading across HCM City with 36 out of 51 blood samples tested positive for the disease.

There’s no worry about the lack of meat during and after the Tet holiday, said an official from theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Authorities in Nam Dinh Province announced plans to improve public order at Tran Temple, where a scrabble for papers stamped with the holy royal seal led to a stampede last year.

Several bear farms in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City still cater to South Korean tourists who buy fresh bile taken from live animals despite a clamp down.

After the Day of Kitchen God, people begin flocking to flower markets in Hanoi-- like Hang Luoc, Quang Ba, Lac Long Quan and Hoang Hoa Tham.

A number of students are earning extra cash for Tet by being employed as ‘instant’ girlfriends.

EVN loses over VND3 trillion from selling low-cost electricity to the steel and cement industries per year, a report showed.

Vietnam’s national football team has remained in the lead of Southeast Asian despite dropping two notches to 101st position in the FIFA January rankings.

A Vietnamese delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh attended the third preparatory meeting for the second Nuclear Security Summit in New Delhi.

Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed.

PetroVietnam's decision to withdraw from a huge skyscraper project in Vietnam has raised concerns from investors and experts.

The Vietnam People's Army will launch its own television channel in 2012 to broadcast nationwide, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

A two-year-old Cambodian boy has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, in the country's first fatality from the virus this year.

Vietnam ’s top leaders exchanged congratulatory messages with their Chinese counterparts to mark the 62 nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries.