VIETNAM TODAY

Hanoi plans spectacular firework displays in 29 locations on lunar New Year’s Eve on February 3 according to the People’s Committee of the capital.

More than 40 Chinese animal rights groups hit out at Canada for turning China into a "dumping ground" for its seal meat and oils.

Many foreign reporters covering the 11 th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam have shared their positive assessments on Vietnam ’s developments.

Dot flowers are blooming, signaling the coming of Tet, all up and down Khanh Vinh Mountain in Khanh Hoa Province.

Indochina Airlines has asked the prime minister to approve an extension on the decision to revoke its license.

The US Agency for International Development and the Ministry of Defence organized a conference on January 13 to seek ways to tackle pollution at Danang International Airport.

Most supermarkets in HCMC have stopped selling Chinese drinking cups found tainted with lead which could be toxic to children after they received warnings from authorities.

Vietnam Commodity Trading Joint-Stock Co. inaugurated the country’s first commodity exchange in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday

About 100 domestic and foreign contestants are gathering for the annual 3rd round of Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) at Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan.

Vietnam’s real estate market gives investors signs for confidence in the coming year, says country director of Savills Vietnam.

Mudslides and floods in Brazil have killed at least 270 people as heavy rains caused the floods over the last couple of days.

Lebanon's government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Shiite party Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet.

Vietnam will increase stipends for those who qualify and study overseas using the state budget.

The Minsitry of Finance will seek approval to revise income tax laws to adjust for heavy spikes in inflation.

Delegates to the 11th Congress worked in groups to deliberate and make recommendations to the draft documents.

World agriculture is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday.

The first International Choir Festival & Competition will be held in the ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from March 16-20.

The eighth Asia Media Summit (AMS 8) will be held in Hanoi from May 22-26, 2011.

The European Commission pressed governments to slice deficits and step up tough structural reforms when it kicked off a new era of tighter EU-wide economic governance.