VIETNAM TODAY

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.

Tet is fast approaching and the festivities have already begun, but some people are still busy hustling about trying to prepare for the holiday.

Many tourists are traveling to avoid the winter in their home countries and to see and enjoy a vibrant Vietnamese Tet.

CapitaLand flagged plans to increase its presence in Vietnam and China.

With Tet nearly here, many people who work far from home are still working and anxiously waiting for their holiday.

Doctors inserted two stents into a clogged coronary artery after he complained of chest pains.

The number of travelers has increased by 20 percent compared with last year.

The demand for home cleaning services in big cities such as Ha Noi has soared as Tet approaches - and the cost of hiring help has also rocketed.

A strong cold spell hit northern provinces on February 12, putting an end to the unusual hot weather.

The Phu My Lepironia Project, a conservation initiative in Vietnam, was introduced at a press conference of the UN Development Programme in New York

Tanker Van Phong I, bearing Vietnamese nationality, carrying nearly 100,000 tons of diesel today anchored in the Van Phong Bay of the central province of Khanh Hoa.