VIETNAM TODAY

All 63 cities and provinces across the country will set off fireworks at 0-0.15 am on February 3 or the first day of the New Year on lunar calendar.

Fake and smuggled alcohol will flood the markets asTet approaches. The production of fake liquor has posed many health risks for customers.

Countries around the globe warned against visiting Egypt and some began evacuating their citizens

Overseas Vietnamese all over the world are welcoming the New Year with happiness about the country’s achievements in 2010.

Vietnam has taken an active part in the freshly-ended 41st World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a government leader said.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has stressed Vietnam’s priority to information technology with incentives on investment in infrastructure and human resource development.

Ten people died when a regional passenger train collided with a goods train in eastern Germany, according to police and firemen.

The tide waters are predicted to rise in Ho Chi Minh City on January 31 to February 4.

Vietnam and the US pledged to step up cooperation in order to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership in the near future, said a senior diplomat.

Embattled Hosni Mubarak tapped Egypt's military intelligence chief as his vice president, as fresh riots left 25 people dead.

As Tet approaches, almost every road and intersection has become choked with traffic.

Vietnam imported over 6,000 automobiles in January of this year, nearly twice as many as the same month last year.

Overseas Vietnamese in the Republic of Korea and Bangladesh joined other Vietnamese communities worldwide in celebrating the Lunar New Year.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians Saturday snubbed Hosni Mubarak's promised reforms and took their deadly revolt to the streets.

Vietnam was a good example of how food security had been secured in a developing country, said delegates at the World Economic Forum.

The Hanoi Museum on January 29 displayed nearly 3000 items which have been presented to it by organisations and individuals.

Moscow and at least two other Russian cities will close their elementary schools for a week because of a major flu outbreak that has mostly affected the young.

The prime minister has requested cabinet members and localities intensify management over the market to ensure prices are stable.

As they catch the last bus home for the Tet holidays, migrant labourers dream of sitting around at the family dinner on New Year's Eve.