VIETNAM TODAY

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.

Meeting minutes within the scope of the fourth Vietnam-United Kingdom Joint Economic and Trade Committee Meeting was signed on January 26 in Hanoi.

President Barack Obama bluntly told America to reinvent itself and unite to survive in a fast-changing global economy powered by rising giants like India and China.

Epidemics of blue-ear in pigs and bird flu are under control but foot-and-mouth disease was still a problem, an official from the agricultural ministry said yesterday.

South Korea called Wednesday for preliminary military talks with North Korea next month, in what would be their first dialogue since the North's deadly shelling of a border island two months ago.

The State Audit of Vietnam plans to audit some large corporations this year to ensure efficiency.