VIETNAM TODAY

Many people fear snakes but in Vinh Son Village, they make a living from them.

Pakistan is investigating reports that the leader of the Taliban in the country died from wounds in an airstrike.

Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift became the youngest artist to win the coveted Grammy for album of the year.

Ngo is believed to be the highest-ranking Vietnamese-American officer on any major U.S. police department.

Vietnam gold exchanges said they would close far ahead of the government’s deadline due to a halting decline in trading volumes.

Ho Chi Minh City on January 30 officially opened a new container port, the Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), after three years of construction.

Nguyen Van Sao, also known as the shoeshine boy, his health is now very good and is ready for the coming operation.

A chance encounter for Laura Lam becomes a life-long friendship.

Infectious diseases are spreading in densely populated makeshift camps as thousands of amputees strain medical capacity in Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

The Vietnam-Germany University will recruit 160 students for its under and post-graduate programmes in 2010.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized five priorities to secure the region’s dynamic and vigorous development.

A woman in Thai Nguyen Province was placed in temporary detention for assaulting a woman and holding a boy hostage on January 28.

Indochina Airlines (ICA) handed over a report regarding the issue of its refunds for tickets that were already issued.

Thu, homeless for 31 years, has been found by her children.

Vietnam currently has about 500,000 experts and employees working overseas. This workforce sends back to Vietnam a total of US $1.7 billion annually.

Oil spill from a steel laminator has been contaminating a major lake in the northern province of Thai Nguyen for a week now, local reports say.

Bill and Melinda Gates said they would spend $10 billion over the next decade to develop and deliver vaccines.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s problems continued to mount as the auto maker said it was recalling 1.8 million vehicles in Europe.

The Spring Ploughing Festival, initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, will take place this year in the northern province of Ha Nam.