Society

Having good learning capability, enrolled in universities with good marks from the university entrance exams but many students cannot finish school.

President Barack Obama vowed to bring to justice the killers of the U.S. ambassador and three other diplomats in Libya.

The PM has approved a project on the implementation of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption for the 2012-2015 period.

Vietnam picked up both 1st and 2nd category A awards at the closure of the second International Piano Competition while key category B and C awards went to foreign contestants.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has reaffirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to fostering friendship and cooperation with regional countries, including Singapore.

Chinese academics registering for the Conference on Vietnamese studies express concerns about Vietnam's islands.

The US ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate.

Although a 10-year plan to improve schools for gifted students was approved by the Government, only a small percentage of the state funds has been given to these schools' development.

Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, raising cloning hopes, the mission's organizer said.

Europe moved a step closer to a banking union with a plan for the European Central Bank to supervise all euro zone banks, a cornerstone of closer fiscal integration designed to end years of financial turmoil in the region.

Professor Tadashi Yamamoto has brought smiles to hundreds of children in Vietnam through harelip and cleft palate operations.

There exist on the Internet numerous websites selling cake and sweet products that are advertised to help women enlarge their breasts and improve their sex life, but experts have warned about their real effects.

Dutch voters could change their country's course in tackling the debt crisis when they elect a new parliament in a test of whether European voters have the stomach to continue with stringent austerity measures.

Quang Liem has returned to the group of Super Grandmasters after his great contribution at the 40th World Chess Olympiad.

Commercial banks will be hard-pressed to meet the 8-percent credit growth target in the second half of the year, said a National Advisory Council for Financial and Monetary member.

School children in Quang Ngai Province will be taught about the history of the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos since the start of the 2012-2013 academic year.

At least 314 people burnt to death as fire swept through factories in two cities in Pakistan.

The Ministry of Public Security has asked the Department of Fire Prevention and Fighting to use helicopters for firefighting.

Traffic police in HCM City will fine motorbike drivers carrying children without helmets as from September 12.