VIETNAM TODAY

Students say it is an efficient way of storing important items during their absence.

Vietnamese Americans celebrate Tet with traditional banh chung, but to accommodate busy life in the U.S., the rice cakes come from a bakery instead of being made at home.

Many athletes and footballers have to cut short or even forgo their Tet holidays to prepare for some major events that are around the corner.

Hanoian scholar Nguyen Vinh Phuc provides a short history detailing how the Tet holiday was celebrated in the capital city in the past.

Phong Lan takes us on a trip through the Dong Van Highlands, its natural sites and local people.

A kiss is just a kiss, but at Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties that hit high gear on Saturday is truly a competitive sport.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner tomorrow, HCM City shop selves are bulging with roses, chocolates, teddy bears, and other romantic items meant for young couples.

U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a message of greetings to those celebrating the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 14.

Many companies in HCM City, fearing their workers will not return after Tet, have taken to pampering them with bonus offers, buses to take them to their hometowns and back for the holiday, and other freebies.

There are no regulations governing the naming of real estate projects. As a result, investors freely use foreign names to market projects.

Welcoming the Lunar New Year Festival 2010, President Nguyen Minh Triet extended best wishes to all Vietnamese people.

Dung Van Tran made banh chung every Tet. He didn't realize the memories it imprinted on his son, writer Ky-Phong Tran.

The two companies will co-operate to manage two resorts in Da Nang and Hoi An, Vietnam due to open mid of 2010

A German couple, 27-year-old Nicole Franke and 29-year-old Tobias Pieper, have arrived in Hanoi after 10 months of pedaling.

The Government wants to give top priority to the universalization of pre-school education in order to make best preparations for children to enter elementary schools.

Toyota Motor Corp will recall 8,000 pickups due to possible cracks in a common drive shaft component.

About 2.9 million people who are in dire need of food have enjoyed government financial support of 200,000 VND each on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.

Thousands of Haitians prayed, wept and danced among tent shelters in the capital's main square on Friday.

Vietnamese and Japanese companies inked a contract in Hanoi to renovate rail bridges in central Vietnam with Japanese official development assistance loans.