VIETNAM TODAY

Both Vietnam's stock exchanges rose today on improved volume and value as gainers outnumbered losers.

As Tet (lunar New Year) approaches, health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City worry about companies violating food safety and hygiene regulations.

Fund management firm Mekong Capital has released analysis on the investment environment of Vietnam towards 2015 that identifies opportunities in consumer goods manufacturing, retail and education.

Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Thursday unveiled a portable touchscreen PlayStation as it looks to launch a fresh challenge to Nintendo and Apple in the competitive mobile gaming market.

Vietnam protests that China on Jan.18 provided Map World service, in which the nine-segment claim line on the East Sea continues to be present, and requests China to remove the incorrect data immediately.

The Vietnam Administration of Tourism on January 26 held an awards ceremony for winners a contest to design a new logo-symbol for the National Tourism Promotion Programme over the 2011-2015 period.

Toyota Motor said it will recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide over concerns about possible fuel leakages.

Macau tycoon Stanley Ho was coerced into a bizarre TV appearance declaring an end to a family feud over his vast fortune, Ho's lawyer said Thursday as the gripping saga goes to court.

The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center predicts warmer weather in several areas of the northern region as well as in the southern region during Tet (Lunar New Year).

Traditionally, the time leading to Tet has been good for the realty market in Ho Chi Minh City, but this year’s markets are quiet.

Craftsmen in Can Tho had been busy making their meticulous handcrafts at a fair to welcome the Tet festival.

Demand for goods and services in February 2011 may rise slightly due to an increase in the purchasing power among people who like to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival along with other festivals.

Two more people died and hundreds were arrested as the biggest uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule widened, prompting Washington to prod its long-time ally on democratic reforms.

Students in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City will be provided with free bus tickets to return home on Tet festival.

Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong visited and extended his best wishes to staff of the NA Office on Jan. 26 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resembles a character from a detective novel and is "elusive, manipulative and volatile," the executive editor of The New York Times says in an upcoming book.

According to the United States Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program, an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred offshore Vietnam.

The number of Internet users worldwide has reached two billion, said head of the UN's telecommunications agency.

The 17th Council Meeting and the 15th session of the Consultative Group for the International Mekong River Commission were held in HCM City on January 26.