Society

Many banks have increased their fees for ATM transactions while some have begun charging customers for on-us transactions, or those made within the same network.

The Vietnamese government has issued a number of policies to use energy effectively and develop the nation’s energy network to serve its socio-economic development.

Party Politburo member Dinh The Huynh visited the Vietnam Journalists’ Association, the Vietnam News Agency and the Tien Phong and Lao Dong newspapers in Hanoi.

World leaders gathered in Rio weighed steps to root out poverty and protect the environment as the UN chief warned that "time is not on our side" for fixing a mounting list of problems.

Hanoi ’s CPI in June fell slightly by 0.17 percent against last month, but rose by 6.32 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the Hanoi ’s Statistics Office.

Vietnam and the US will strengthen ties in non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, anti-terrorism, drugs and transnational crimes prevention and disaster relief.

Up to 27 million people are living in slavery around the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton estimated as the US unveiled its annual report into human trafficking.

Satellite F 1 manufactured by Vietnam’s FPT technology university will be launched into orbit from a launch pad in Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre in late July.

Two Vietnamese students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music have gloried in the Val Tidone International Music Competition in Italy.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the allocation of $105 million for the 2nd phase of a secondary school development project, a report said.

Vietnam won a total of 121 medals at the 13th ASEAN Open Chess Tournament that closed on June 18 in Thua Thien Hue Province to grasp first place.

European leaders scrambled to buy themselves time in the battle to save the eurozone, promising their G20 partners they would integrate their banking sector.

According to a report that caused shock among the public, HCM City only witnessed two traffic jams in the first five months of this year.

Around £5,000 (USD8,000) was raised for Vietnamese AO victims at a recent meeting organised by British Members of Parliament and the Vietnamese embassy.

Mining companies will have to deposit at least 15 per cent of their committed costs for environmental rehabilitation and restoration prior their mineral extraction.

A new route will shorten the distance between the capital and Ha Long Bay from 168 to nearly 130 km, said Cao Tuong Huy, chief of the local People's Committee Secretariat.

England scraped into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.

Many parents have sent their children abroad to study in the hope their bad behaviour will improve.

Nearly 50 Italian and Vietnamese businesses attended a seminar entitled “Vietnam in Umbria”.