China's rails overwhelmed with holiday travellers

Published 26 January 2013 20:14
Millions of Chinese people are making plans to head home to celebrate their New Year. But getting there isn't going to be easy as the rail system struggles to cope with hundreds of thousands of commuters riding the trains every day. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Hong Kong.

US seeks new phase in relations with Vietnam

Published 27 January 2013 06:18
It has been 40 years since an agreement was signed to end the Vietnam war. One and a half million people died, as the US and its allies in the region failed to topple communism. It took decades for the US and Vietnam to mend diplomatic ties. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington, D.C.