VIETNAM TODAY

A photo exhibition, opened in Nghe An, the home town of the first President of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, will mark his birthday.

Many pagodas in the capital city have been decorated with flags, flowers, and banners to celebrate Lord Buddha’s Birthday.

Many parking lots in Hanoi have raised parking fees, ignoring pricing regulations and causing public discontent.

A NATO raid sparked violent protests that left 12 dead while a suicide bomber killed 13 people in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

China exports big volumes of products to Vietnam every year, but it is also a vast consumption market.

As part of the KTA World Tour, South Korean boyband 2AM will perform at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

Defense lawyers were Thursday to fight for IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be freed from a notorious New York jail.

Two 22-year-old students in Vietnam have earned the World Silver Medallion award 2010 of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Japan's service sector activity shrank by the fastest pace in 22 years in March as the massive earthquake and tsunami hampered trade.

Summer is here. The rice is almost ripe. Let’s go to Mu Cang Chai, the home of terraced fields, to admire ripening rice.

The island looks inhospitable, but some teachers have decided to make an effort to provide its children with an education.

Fake diamond has become widespread in Vietnam and is being sold at prices up to 150 times higher than its intrinsic value.

Chinese factories are facing curbs on electricity use as coal prices soar and a severe drought hits hydropower plants.

Vietnam's first regional flood warning system is now operating in the five most flood-prone provinces of the central region.

The fifth biennial Nha Trang Sea Festival, themed "Nha Trang – Coastal Destination" this year, will be held next month.

Nguyen Van Tong, a rich entrepreneur has replaced and upgraded 250 of the footbridges in the rural areas of the Mekong Delta.

The Vietnamese government will award those who have fought corruption with money, the highest award being the Bravery Order.

NASA is preparing to launch a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and effects of salinity to climate.

A delegation of Party and State leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum, as part of activities to celebrate the late president's birthday.