VIETNAM TODAY

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, provinces and cities under central government's direct command must deploy a swimming training pilot programme in all primary schools.

As expected, the stock market had a slight increase after Tet however, transaction volume was not high enough to maintain steady growth.

At least 738 bridges in Vietnam are in a weak condition, not fit to carry their designed loads, according to the Vietnam Road Administration (VRA).

Concerns have been raised over the safety of ferry services across the Tam Giang Lagoon in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerates, said Monday it plans a stainless steel plant in Vietnam.

The King Ham Nghi festival procession is a typical and unique cultural feature in the central area of Vietnam at the beginning of spring.

With more Americans sampling Vietnam's pho, a noted food critic and an esteemed maestro track down the city's best.

The District 9 Youth Union in HCM City established volunteer groups last year to help people repair tires punctured by sharp objects deliberately scattered on Hanoi Highway and other highways in HCM City.

In part 6 of a series about Ho Chi Minh, Laura Lam addresses how from early on, Ho Chi Minh aspired for Vietnam to be independent.

As we continued our journey through the north of Vietnam, I encountered some of the toughest driving I'd ever experienced.

Rescue workers dug through heaps of mud, boulders and debris on Sunday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

After a complicated six-year legal battle, an alleged Calgary gang member is set to be deported.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) on Feb. 21 increase the price of petrol by 590 VND per litre.

Iraqi war film "The Hurt Locker" and corporate downsizing drama "Up In the Air" won honors from screenwriters in the final, major Hollywood awards show leading up to the Oscars.

Of 634 primate species, 48% are on the IUCN's 'red list' of animals under threat as loggers, hunters and smugglers thrive.

Bangkok Post held an interview with Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Duy Hung.

Trip with daughter, an Iraq war vet, will be part of local filmmaker's documentary.

A large spring festival has taken place around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the capital city of Hanoi on Feb. 20.

Attending the field-tilling ceremony in Doi Son, Ha Nam Province, President Nguyen Minh Triet personally created the first furrows in order to open a new year with bumper crops.