Society

The Australian government, a member of the "2012 Making the World Cleaner" campaign, is helping Vietnam with its own clean-up movement, which is taking place from September 14-16.

One hundred Nigerians are attending a one-year sailor training course at Bach Nghe College in the northern port city of Hai Phong, which started in early August.

It’s now the time for new university graduates to rush buy counterfeit degrees and certificates, which help them make-up for their profiles in the employers’ eyes.

Three hospitals in Vietnam have been presented with Hospital Management Asia prizes 2012 for their improved quality and social responsibility.

Illegal online games are being accessed in Vietnam through servers from other countries, and industry observers are warning the country could be flooded with such products.

The Geological Division for Radioactive and Rare Elements says that it has defined the groups of mines and the radiation fields that need to be controlled or intervened.

The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon.

Vietnam’s surprising 3-2 win against Japan has landed them in the 2012 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship quarterfinals, which is being held in Kazakhstan.

Local gold buyers jostled to sell their bullion as domestic gold price skyrocketed to VND47.4 million a tael, the highest since September 2011.

The head of Libya's national assembly blamed Al-Qaeda for an attack on the US consulate in the city of Benghazi that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

The Central Highlands provinces have provided free housing to 18,695 ethnic-minority households with a total population of 80,000, according to the region's Steering Committee.

A number of young women have been opting to stage wedding photographs as a way to ease their loneliness.

The Justice Ministry has presented to the NA a draft law on civil status registry, under which every citizen will be granted one single identification number to be used on all licenses.

Japanese businesses, which are operating over 2,000 projects in Vietnam, are in need of a high-quality workforce, says Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung.

The UN food agency said it was looking for support from world religious leaders in the fight against global hunger as the agency's chief met the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.

Despite the Ministry of Health's proposal to apply IT in management, hospitals have proved reluctant to upgrade their services.

Sudanese demonstrators incensed by a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad broke into the German embassy in Khartoum on Friday and hoisted an Islamic flag, while one person was killed in protests in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Saigon Jewelry Co., the country’s sole gold bullion producer, has asked permission to turn gold jewelry into SJC gold bars to make up for the short supply.

‘Giai Dieu Ky Uc’ (Melodies of Time) by the Hai Phong City Puppetry Art Troupe won one of three gold prizes of the third International Marionette Festival at Au Co Arts Centre.