Society

Disappointed with the Ministry of Education and Training’s swimming teaching program, parents now bring their children to swimming practice classes themselves.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are conducting an inspection of medical waste-treatment management at local health establishments this month.

Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.

Hong Kong police evacuated scores of people after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered at a construction site.

Greece began a second day of coalition talks under the gun after elections won by a pro-euro party that also reflected rising anger against austerity.

Suffering from the terrible smell, hundreds of households in Lang Co town in Thua Thien Hue province have to seal the manholes of a waste water treatment project.

Ministries should be allowed to sell their headquarters to increase the State budget, said Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung.

From the boxing ring to Broadway, Mike Tyson said he's teaming up with director Spike Lee to take his one-man show to the New York stage.

NA lawmakers agreed on renewing operational management, administrative decentralisation, State supervision instead of controlling publishing and printing units.

The revised Labour Code allows female workers to take six months of maternity leave.

Vietnam and Laos need to step up information exchange in administrative reform as they are common concerns of the two home affairs ministries, said President Truong Tan Sang.

Italy put behind them a nightmare run-in both on and off the pitch to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals with a 2-0 defeat of Ireland.

The laws on Deposit Insurance, Anti Money Laundering, Tertiary Education, Prevention of harmfull effects of Tobacco and the revised Labour Code were passed at the 13th National Assembly.

The old houses of Hoi Ky in the central province of Quang Tri are at high risk of being swallowed up by landslides.

Microsoft unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple's iPads.

The Australian dance company ‘Remnant Dance’ will present to Vietnamese viewers contemporary dance moves in a series of performances in Hanoi.

Authorities in HCM City this month are conducting an inspection of medical waste-treatment management at local health facilities.

Hotels in HCM City are struggling with lower occupancy rates, said a report of the local Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Ninety-one Vietnamese athletes have begun fierce competitions against rivals from more than 40 countries and territories at the third Asian Beach Games.