Fishermen in central Khanh Hoa province have rescued two Russian men who were adrift on a boat in the sea near Noi Islet.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, has proposed critical measures to promote the role of the ASEAN armed forces in the maintenance of peace, security and stability in the region. 

Peace talks between France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will be held in Minsk on February 11 to seek a solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 11 this year.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has invited proposals for World Bank (WB)-funded Vietnam Inclusive Innovation Project.

Water puppetry and Dong Ho paintings are just two amongst Vietnam's many traditional arts selected to entertain locals and tourists alike during the Lunar New Year holiday season in Hanoi's Old Quarter.

Vietnam’s cycling team will participate at the Asian Cycling Championship 2015 which kicks off on February 10 in Thailand. 

Hanoi granted amnesty to 305 inmates, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the largest holiday of the country. 

Major flower villages across the nation are busy to harvest and deliver flowers to markets before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday begins.

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan met with 39 representatives from five ethnic minority groups with populations below 1,000 people in Hanoi on February 10.