Society

Vietnamese travel firms have been working hard, but they cannot earn much money, because they have to offer the “tidbit” to foreign partners.

The number of people who died after a boat carrying migrants sank off western Turkey's Aegean coast has risen to 58, Turkish news channels reported on Thursday.

HCMC People's Committee has ordered local authorities to send their work dossiers in electronic form.

Roger Federer was knocked out of the U.S. Open when he lost a quarter-final thriller to Tomas Berdych just hours after his old rival Andy Roddick bid a tearful farewell to his tennis career.

The Song Tranh Hydro-power 2 Plant has encountered up to nine earthquakes for over the past three days.

The polluted environment surrounding 47 trade villages nation-wide is set to be gradually removed under the National Target Programme on Environmental Pollution Improvement.

State President Truong Tan Sang, his wife and delegation left Hanoi for the 20th APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Russia from September 6-9 and Kazakhstan from September 9-11.

Vietnamese representative Ngoc Oanh was placed third in the final round of the Asian Supermodel contest held in Bangkok, Thailand.

A powerful earthquake rocked Costa Rica, killing at least two people, sparking landslides, knocking down buildings, and briefly triggering a tsunami warning.

The PM requested agencies to find out who was complicit in the escape of Former Chairman of Vinalines, Duong Chi Dung.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said he is confident in the prospects for economic growth in 2013.

People from Da Nang city to Ca Mau province will be better served in medical treatment as many hospitals are planning to set up satellite units throughout southern Vietnam.

Many young people in Vietnam are joining online virtual marriages, considering it as a way to ease stress.

Vietnam highly values Indonesia’s role in strengthening the regional cooperation and solidarity and the building of an ASEAN Community.

A blaze at a fireworks factory in India that triggered an explosion of firecrackers has left at least 34 people dead, police say.

The cruise boat carrying 25 passengers started at Bach Dang Quay in District 1 and went along Ben Nghe and Tau Hu canals, parallel to Vo Van Kiet Avenue, for four hours.

The Department of Education and Training in HCM City sent a dispatch to all schools forbidding them from using their premises for commercial advertising purposes.

The Belarusian world number 1 Victoria Azarenka will attend the Heineken Stars 2012 international tournament which kicks off on September 20, along with three other world-class players.

Italian PM Mario Monti called on the European Union to recognise efforts made by countries to overcome the economic crisis by moving to bring down punishing borrowing costs.