Society

A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling book of creativity featuring the American folk legend.

After a six-year wait, Venezuela formally joins the Mercosur regional trading bloc as a full member at a Brasilia ceremony to be attended by its mercurial President Hugo Chavez.

Average temperatures in northern central Vietnam can rise by 3.5 degrees centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 percent by 2100, according to a new report prepared by the MONRE.

President Sang left Russian capital city of Moscow late on July 30, concluding his five-day official visit to Russia.

There have been 29,400 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in the northern region, accounting for 42 percent of the cases in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

Prosecutors hit grad school dropout James Holmes with 142 charges after a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded scores more in one of the worst mass killings in US history.

The MIC said it would shut down websites that use 'China Beach' name to refer to My Khe beach in central Danang City.

Giving foreign names to children has become a popular trend among many Vietnamese parents.

Vietnam is preparing to build a detailed scenario on the effects of climate change and related rises in sea levels.

Vietnamese hopeful Tran Le Quoc Toan failed to bring home a bronze medal in his 56kg event.

Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises" held on to the top spot at North American box offices this weekend despite last week's mass shooting in Colorado, figures released Sunday showed.

The nation's Index of Industrial Production increased 4.8 percent in the first seven months of this year over the same period last year, the General Statistics Office reported.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communication presented 200 books and 100 DVDs related to Agent Orange to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Spain's downturn deepened in the second quarter, with the economy shrinking 0.4 percent after contracting 0.3 percent in the first three months of 2012, official data showed.

Four Vietnamese students have won one gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the 44th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Washington DC.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh narrowly defeated underdogs Tan Yuhan from Belgium in his first match of the London 2012 Olympics qualifying round.

At least 32 people were killed on Monday when a fire ripped through a coach on a speeding express train as it carried sleeping passengers to the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said.

Vietnam’s gymnasts, shooters, and weightlifters have ended their dream at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Afghan security forces are dying at five times the rate of NATO soldiers as Taliban insurgents step up attacks ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014, the latest figures show.