VIETNAM TODAY

Colombia's FARC guerrillas set free the first of five promised hostages as they began the most significant release of President Juan Manuel Santos' tenure.

The Ministry of Finance has plans to change all securities decrees and circulars to create a better system of legal documents for the local stock market.

Thousands of workers went on strike Wednesday across Egypt, adding a new dimension to the uprising.

The United States is facing "heightened" threats of attacks from extremists, the head of US homeland security told lawmakers.

Eight provinces have been warned that conditions in their localities were ripe for forest fires.

In January, Vietnam’s seafood exports gained a revenue of USD320 million, rising 2.3 percent against the same period in 2010.

The largest painting of Uncle Ho’s testament, written on palm leaf made by artisan Vo Van Tang, has been entered in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records.

For Valentine’s Day, impress your partner with romantic dining, accommodation and gifts.

Picturesque Nha Trang, in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, welcomed around 100,000 visitors during this Tet holiday.

Local carriers are busy operating flights fully packed with passengers from the northern and central regions to HCMC to return to work after Tet.

Press circles held a New Year meeting on February 9 in Hanoi , pledging to serve the poor and combat negative phenomena.

Vietnam is facing more realty corruption as prices of land, which is allocated to investors, are said to be unreasonable.

Egypt's embattled regime warned of a military crackdown as massive protests demanding its overthrow spilled out across the country.

96 people have contracted A/H1N1 influenza since early this year, including one fatal case, said a health official.

ASEAN has urged Thailand and Cambodia to return to negotiations following cross-border fire exchanges that claimed casualties.

Pakistan's ministers on Wednesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister as part of plans to appoint a smaller cabinet.

The Karnataka Planters' Association is planning to adopt the Vietnamese method — exclusive monocrop — of pepper cultivation.

The State Capital Investment Corp is looking to divest 281 enterprises and to sell the entire State stake in 170 local enterprises.

The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a higher poverty threshold for the period between 2011 and 2015.