Society

Illegal gold exploiters illicitly hired rubber land from the Co Tu ethnic people in Thua Thien Hue Province’s Thuong Long Commune.

Syrian forces were accused of executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated the day after a bomb blast hit their convoy.

MTV Exit is organising a free concert to promote human rights with the participation of famous artists like Simple Plan, Brown Eyed Girls and My Tam.

France's new government, gets down to work Thursday with the first order of business on their agenda being a pay cut for themselves.

Enterovirus 71, the most dangerous of the viruses that cause HFMD, has been responsible for 22 deaths attributed to the disease in Vietnam so far this year, health authorities reported.

The Vietnamese government, military and people always attach great importance to promoting the relations of solidarity and friendship with the Republic of Korea (RoK).

A majority of homosexual students are suffering from communal discrimination and violence, according to experts addressing a workshop in Hanoi.

President Truong Tan Sang paid a working visit to Ho Chi Minh museum, on the occasion of the 122 nd anniversary of the late President’s birthday (May 19).

Nearly half of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV, a UN report said Thursday.

HCM City authorities imposed VND3.5 million each on supermodel Thanh Hang for using screen-smoke on catwalk and singer Thu Minh for wearing scanty clothes in a music show.

The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opened before a UN court, where he faces charges for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II.

The Government is striving to restructure the economy and resolve difficulties against enterprises in the wake of the current economic harships, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Germany’s Ministry of the Environment held a seminar on Germany’s experiences in dealing with land pollution in Hanoi.

One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key cause of strokes and heart disease, according to World Health Organisation figures released.

Hundreds of Hanoian parents spent sleepless nights queuing up in front of the Giang Vo Experimental School to buy application forms for their children's studying at the school.

Price of gold in Vietnam sank below VND41 million a tael, the lowest level since late July last year while global price weakened due to concern over European sovereign-debt crisis.

Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government.

The military-run Viettel Group officially opened a mobile phone network named Movitel in Mozambique with an initial capitalisation of over USD400 million.

Poor quality gasoline has been determined to be the main cause of the numerous recent vehicle fires, mainly motorbikes, scientists have concluded.