VIETNAM TODAY

Over 100,000 students studied abroad in 49 countries and territories in 2011, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

An average-income earner has to save money for over 50 years to be financially capable of buying an average-class apartment, showed a study by CB Richard Ellis.

Vietnam's coastal region of West Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf suffers from transboundary environmental pollution and joint efforts are being urged to tackle this problem.

Britons including Kate Winslet were among the early winners at the Golden Globes, as British comic Ricky Gervais again took mocking aim at Hollywood.

The PM has urged the Ministry of Finance to provide nearly 9,880 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for seven provinces during the upcoming traditional Tet Festival.

President Truong Tan Sang affirmed that the nation's New Model for the Countryside was among the Party's major policies.

An orphan airlifted to Britain after the Vietnam War is trying to raise awareness of the plight of those still dealing with the effects of the conflict.

A new headquarters of the Hanoi Stock Exchange was inaugurated in Hanoi on January 15 in the presence of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

The Ministry of Education and Training will review the success of the “Friendly Schools, Active Students” programme among schools.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Syria's Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people as Damascus announced a general amnesty for crimes committed in the unrest.

Many students in Son La Province these days have to huddle themselves in their thin clothes in the icy cold.

Hoan My Saigon Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on January 14 announced its first successful heart surgery on a 6-year-old boy.

A photo exhibition showcasing nearly 100 colour, and black and white photos taken by amateur Vietnamese photographer Bui Huy Trang opened in Paris on Jan. 14.

President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his first public reaction to France's credit rating downgrade, vowed on Sunday to carry out more reforms to lead the country out of crisis.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee held a get-together on January 15 for overseas Vietnamese returning home to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festval (Tet).

Russia's space agency called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.

The attractively named “Da Lat fairy guava” is widely available for sale in Da Lat City, but it’s name hides a frightening secret.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a Tet visit to the Party committee, authorities and people of the central province of Quang Nam on Jan. 13-14.

Hanoi is host to one of the most unusual markets in Vietnam: open only once a week, on Saturday, and then for only a few hours, 9:00 to 12:30.