Society

Students from poor families will be able to delay paying tuition fees at the beginning of the new school year, while some graduates who have not been able to repay student debts will get loan extensions.

Even though it has not been particularly rainy in Hanoi, certain lanes and alleys in Cao Xa Ha Village are flooded.

Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago, scientists said Thursday, warning it could be ice-free again within decades.

From August 3 to 5, many events will be held for homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals in Hanoi.

Well-known pop singer My Tam has recently become the first Vietnamese artist to be chosen as Youtube partner.

Federal anti-terror agents joined local police in the western Indian city of Pune to probe a series of low-intensity blasts the night before when the new home minister had been due to visit.

Tax payers' joy fade away when the application date for the personal tax law amendment is exactly one year away.

The Hanoi City People’s Committee has unveiled a master plan on preserving the site of the ancient Thang Long Imperial Citadel and developing part of the area into a culture and history park.

Rescuers deployed rubber boats while doctors fanned across cramped evacuation centres in the Philippines as the death toll from five days of flooding reached 23.

An old clip featuring 1,000 Vietnamese people singing a song about the Truong Sa Archipelago has received a new breath of life.

Nguyen Van Quang, who uploaded photos of the brutal slaying of the two endangered monkeys on Facebook in mid-July, has been sacked from the army forces, local officials said.

Business confidence returned to Vietnam in the second quarter of 2012, according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report.

Enterprises and individuals who provide digital content on the internet but violate copyright regulations will be strictly penalized as of August 6.

Many young people in Vietnam are racing to show their status and stylishness through different ways.

The president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will pay an official friendly visit to Vietnam from August 5-7.

The United States and 16 other nations renewed their "strong opposition" to a controversial EU carbon tax on airlines, vowing to work for a multilateral global solution.

Hanoi has officially ignited a comprehensive programme -- the first of its kind in Vietnam -- to help the disabled integrate into society.

About 446,000 international visitors arrived in Vietnam in July, an increase of 11.6 percent over June, but down 7.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

Two thirds of the continental United States is now suffering from the most widespread drought since the 1950s.