VIETNAM TODAY

Fields Medal winner Prof Dr Ngo Bao Chau has two goals this year: Helping Vietnamese mathematicians improve and setting up a fund to promote learning.

‘Night in an Ancient Town’ is a unique event that draws people from all over the world to Hoi An.

Professor Vo Van Toi decided to return to Vietnam to bring his knowledge and skills to serve his home country after more than 40 years living abroad.

Vinh San Joseph, son of the late Emperor Duy Tan, has chosen the coastal city of Nha Trang as his home.

Japan will help private companies bid for contracts, worth roughly JPY50 billion to build an expressway and sewage treatment plant in Vietnam.

President Nguyen Minh Triet  joined leaders and people of Ho Chi Minh City in celebrating the traditional Tet festival on February 3.

Egyptian protesters were massing Friday for sweeping "departure day" demonstrations to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit.

The 9th Vovinam Championships closed in Algeria in the presence of the Vietnamese ambassador to Algeria, Do Trong Cuong.

While streets in Hanoi are deserted in the first day of New Year, a stream of people goes on a pilgrimage at pagodas.

Brazil on Tuesday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for a period of one month.

The United States is discussing with Egyptian officials a plan for President Hosni Mubarak to quit immediately, The New York Times reported

World food prices reached their highest level ever in January, the UN food agency said.

Vietnamese people usually ring on Tet by making various kinds of cakes, some of which they then wrap in colorful paper and offer as a worship to their ancestors.

Private film studios, instead of focusing on producing movies of artistic value, have flocked into making TV serials which gain instant profits.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on January 28 signed the ratification of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (new START) with the United States.

Japan’s cruise liner Pacific Venus carrying 550 tourists and crew docked at the Saigon Port on Feb. 3, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Partisans of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stormed the Cairo stronghold of anti-regime protesters, sparking bloody clashes.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi to watch the fireworks display during the first minutes of the new Lunar New Year.

The Vietnamese community in Thailand tries to pass on its traditional values to a younger generation born and raised in a foreign country.