Society

A breakaway group of Muslim rebels armed with chainsaws and guns launched simultaneous attacks across 11 towns in the southern Philippines, leading to clashes with troops.

More than 7,500 households in Thanh Hoa Province are living in areas more vulnerable to natural disasters because of limitations in the provincial relocation budget.

Authorities in Long An Province have cancelled many projects that have failed to progress and returned some 500 hectares of land that they have previously revoked from farmers to its original owners.

Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police and seized two military vehicles to attack a crossing point into Israel, the deadliest incident in Egypt's tense Sinai border region in decades.

Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, arrived in Vietnam for a three-day official visit.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has written an article on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on August 8.

A gunman attacked worshippers at a Sikh temple in the US, killing six people before he was himself shot dead by police.

The US Department of State has issued a press release, affirming the wish to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

A team of 30 doctors and nurses of Dong Nai province left for Laos’ Champassak province to provide free medical check-ups and treatment, and medicine for poor people in the locality.

An analysis by a top government scientist says the extreme heat and drought seen in the U.S., Europe and other regions in recent years must be global warming.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development met in Hanoi on Friday, to discuss a draft policy to regulate periodic stockpiling of rice from farmers in the Mekong Delta.

The fastest man in the world will be crowned on day three of athletics events at the London Olympics, which starts with the women's marathon through the city's streets.

Policymakers in Asia are finding it harder and harder to improve the welfare of the common man.

Nearly 10,000 people joined a walk at Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4 to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO) victims and disabled people.

Though some artists want to build the popularity of the traditional art of cheo by updating it for contemporary audiences, some experts think it would cause cheo to lose its traditional and unique features.

A circular stipulating the procedures and conditions for establishing 100% foreign owned securities companies is expected to come out after September 15.

The US government said it would begin accepting applications later this month from young undocumented immigrants who hope to avoid deportation under a new policy.

Because of being out of land for cemeteries, Hanoi will shut down big cemeteries and build 12 new ones to serve people in the next three years.

Nine birds, including an endangered swift parrot, had their heads smashed in or ripped off and more than 60 animals were missing after vandals went on the rampage at an Australian zoo.