Society

International envoy Kofi Annan pleaded with the UN Council to take "decisive" action on the Syria conflict.

Police in the northeastern border province of Quang Ninh has broken up a drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, seizing more than 1,000 cakes of heroin and dozens of kilograms of synthetic drugs.

Rajesh Khanna, often referred to as the "first superstar" of Bollywood and the Hindi film industry's biggest heart-throb in his day, died on Wednesday after months of being unwell.

The aftermath of a floodgate malfunction in 2010 at Ho Ho Power Plant in Ha Tinh Province has not been fully dealt with, and cracks have recently been detected in the dam.

Syria's defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother in-law were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Damascus.

Fulfilling the commitments to cut down expenses made to the Ministry of Finance, a lot of state owned general corporations have unanimously cut down their workers’ wages.

Hanoi will bring more land affected by flooding and landslides into its rural residential area plan so it can provide prevention and mitigation measures.

Nowadays, when almost every member of a family is busy and has little time on hand, a helper who can take care of their sick relative in hospital can prove to be a savior and a necessity.

The HCMC Real Estate Association suggested setting up a land fund development organisation specialising in site-clearance to ensure fairness for local residents as well as clean land funds for developers.

South Korea's anti-trust watchdog launched a probe Wednesday into major local banks suspected of colluding to fix interest rates of certificates of deposit.

Sending kids to overseas summer camps is believed to be the effective training courses which help improve their knowledge. However, in fact, learning is just a part of the trips.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been granted the title of marshal, state media reported Wednesday.

A Vietnamese martial art is claiming its place beside karate and taekwondo, now that the Southeast Asian Games will allow athletes to compete in vovinam.

A cartoon, featuring the historic battle at Bach Dang River, has received a large number of hits and favourable comments on Youtube.

Google unveiled an online information exchange platform to try to give some extra lasting power to more than 3,000 endangered languages.

US President Obama jetted into the Republican bastion of Texas to raise funds and burnish his nationwide appeal as opponents called his American identity into question.

The Hanoi People's Committee has proposed a list of different service fees for apartment buildings instead of the current monthly ceiling price of USD0.19 per square metre.

Hundreds of locals in Dak Nong Province flocked to the Tay Nguyen restaurant to return cooking utensils they had bought a day earlier from Chinese traders thanks to their poor quality.

After three months of construction, the Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) has put a 5-storey steel parking facility into operation.