VIETNAM TODAY

Eurocopter Southeast Asia has signed its first contract with Vinacopter for the purchase of four helicopters.

Edmonton's 10,000 Vietnamese were mostly looking ahead, hoping for success in a year symbolized by the zodiac animal known for ambition and passion.

Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid.

Four Vietnamese firms are bringing products and ideas to the world's top toy show, which continues in Germany till February 9.

A wall of booby-trapped mines has been laid by the Taliban to protect their last strongholds in central Helmand as they prepare to hold off a major allied assault.

The Netherlands' Zeeuws Museum is showing a short film entitled Manh Ghep Cuoc Doi (Porcelain) that was made in Vietnam last May.

The Prime Minister has already approved a proposal for nine days off during the Tet holiday.

Gifts are being distributed across the country to vulnerable groups, including the poor, lonely seniors and victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin to help them enjoy a happy Tet festival.

Sixty-eight more sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia fighting to liberate it from the Khmer Rouge have been repatriated.

Life in Washington ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell.

This year peach blossoms are in early bloom that saddening the growers.

Sources from the WTO based in Geneva say Vietnam has brought a lawsuit to the WTO protesting against the US imposition of anti-dumping taxes on the country’s frozen shrimp.

1,000 items will be buried only to be removed after 1,000 years in order to let future generations know more about their ancestors.

Street vendors try to sell as much as they can on highways despite the dangers, especially with Tet approaching.

The exhibition "Arts of Ancient Vietnam: From River Plain to Open Sea," now on view at the Asia Society Museum in New York, took over 20 years to produce.

Vietnam hopes to welcome more Czech investors to do business here, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

DTiNews spoke with Nguyen Thi Thoa, Manager of ATS, about a project to bring ancient Yen Tu into the future.

Police stopped a car carrying 92 kilograms of unaccounted for gold and arrested the driver.

A huge shark believed to have attacked visitors at Binh Dinh Province was brought in by a fisherman in Phu Yen.