Society

Parents and students have been intensively preparing for the race to high schools, the race which is no less stressful than the university entrance exam.

Sony said that seven senior executives, including its new chief, will not receive bonuses tied to its latest annual results, which saw the troubled firm post a record USD5.8 billion loss.

As many monkeys are fleeing the mountains to seek food on Cham Islands, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and in the process harassing locals, authorities said they would seek help from foreign wildlife experts.

Enterprises providing public digital signature certification services now just think about what to do to earn money to exist.

Harry Potter author is putting the magic in a "Book of Spells" that uses augmented reality to make ink-and-paper works interactive using PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.

State management agencies would inspect foreign-invested projects periodically or unexpectedly in a bid to guarantee the effects of legal regulations.

Syrian government troops fought with armed rebels as the EU pushed for an end to a split with Russia over how to end the 15-month bloodshed.

Hanoi and HCM City should invest more in public transport if they are to ease traffic, one official said.

Police in Vinh Phuc Province completed their investigation into the case of abusing power and causing a loss of US$1.44 million to the State budget involving eight former State officials.

The central province of Khanh Hoa will inspect the purchasing and harvesting of coral in Van Ninh District to curb the illegal activities in the are deputy chief inspector Le Van Dung said.

The US government attaches great importance to fostering relations with Vietnam in its Asia-Pacific policy, says US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta.

UN envoy Kofi Annan will hold talks with the US Secretary of State Friday as the international community tries to find a way to end the bloodshed in Syria, a US official said.

The Ministry of Health announced that among the 200,000 patients infected with HIV in Vietnam currently, 5,000 are pregnant women.

Two new experimental treatments against advanced melanoma have shown promise in keeping the deadly skin cancer at bay, according to research presented in the United States.

All responsible people of the three Denmark-funded projects, whose sponsorship has been suspended following irregularities unearthed by audit reports, have denied allegations.

Israel and the United States are discussing a new raft of sanctions that could be imposed on Iran if the next round of talks between world powers and Tehran fail, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Buses would remain a major means of public transport in Vietnam during 2012-20 with metro, elevated railway and rapid transit bus services currently under development.

On the International Day for Children, Chau Van Phuc Thien, 13, in the central province of Ninh Thuan was brutally assaulted by his father.

Vo Trong Nghia has been awarded as one among the world's 21st century architects for his well-known bamboo designs.