Society

Nam Hoa Ward in Quang Ninh Province has an increasing number of women married to foreigners.

The appeal court upheld a jail term of 20 years handed down at the trial for former Chairman of the Vinashin Pham Thanh Binh.

The HCMC People's Committee has given approval to HCMC Power Corporation to bury 19 electrical grids and telecommunication cables this year.

Experts and scientists have underlined the importance of planting vertiver grass to prevent erosion, curb pollution and stabilise river banks and sea dykes, paramount in Vietnam's battle against sea erosion.

The domestic monetary market has become more stable after it was shaken by the news that several CEOs of local banks and a financial tycoon were arrested due to alleged illegal activities.

Rescuers plucked 22 survivors from the ocean, more than a day after an asylum-seeker boat heading for Australia disappeared off the Indonesian coast with 150 people including children aboard.

History teachers at high schools complain that their students sit nodding in history lessons. Meanwhile, culturists and historians warned that Vietnamese people may become “history illiterate.”

Heavy and constant truck traffic along several sections of the Red River dyke system has badly eroded and damaged the route, resulting in landslides and more threat of flooding.

The Prime Minister has approved a campaign for hosting the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Vietnam in 2019.

French leader Francois Hollande flies to Spain, brandishing his support for the crisis-torn nation as it seeks a saviour from potentially crippling market interest rates.

Authorities in Lao Cai Province fined a Chinese construction company for illegally planting two types of exotic plants along a local expressway span it has been contracted to build.

The fourth Vietnamese concert run by the Hennessy liquor company will be held in Hanoi's National Convention Centre on September 7.

The Hanoi People’s Committee suspended construction work at Chuong My’sTram Gian Pagoda, which has recently been illegally repaired through incorrect methods.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith in Hanoi.

Six people were plucked alive from the water by a cargo ship after an asylum-seeker boat went missing off the Indonesian coast, but there was no sign of up to 144 others on board.

Hanoi’s metro route No. 2 will have a total length of 11.5km, of which, 8.5km will run underground along the Old Quarter.

A proposed dam that would flood part of a national park in western Thailand represents a "significant new threat" to the kingdom's tigers, wildlife group WWF warned.

The Venice film festival kicks off on Wednesday with the arrival of stars on water taxis for an art-house dominated line-up dealing with issues from religious extremism to economic crisis.

The Cook Islands has announced the creation of the world's largest marine park, as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) opened with a spectacular Polynesian welcoming ceremony.