Society

Despite Hanoi having spent huge sums of money on pedestrian underpasses, most of them remain abandoned or misused.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, in coordination with the Southeast Asia Roundtable Forum, held the second Vietnam Forum on the US-ASEAN relationship, in Washington DC.

Vietnamese authorities are preparing a pilot value-added tax refund scheme for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese passing through the country's two biggest airports in July.

US health advisers urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people.

National team midfielder Pham Thanh Luong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh won Golden Ball awards for outstanding contributions to national men’s and women’s football in 2011.

The Vietnamese-Canadian bubble artist Fan Yang is back in Vietnam for 13 shows in Hanoi and charity activities across the country later this month.

Authorities in HCM City plan to exploit the area's river tourism potential with new programmes, including tours of Can Gio Mangrove Forest.

Greek's socialist leader said he was making progress towards assembling a coalition government, but was still well shy of the parliamentary majority that has eluded two other parties.

A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has asserted Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Chinese-sourced dried human placenta is being widely sold at traditional medicine stores in HCM City, posing a great risk to human health.

HSBC is in talks to sell assets in several South American countries, the banking giant said Thursday, as part of its plans to streamline global operations to cut costs.

The government of the newly elected French President will create more activities to strengthen the relations between France and Vietnam.

VOV is seeking support from government agencies to investigate an assault on two reporters working in Hung Yen Province.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training refused to have head coach of national football team work under a short-term deal.

State owned nursery schools in Hanoi have decided to organize lucky draws to choose pupils.

Although the road maintenance fee has been deferred until next year, transportation companies still worry about its impact.

MIT and the Vietnam Food Association want to develop an internationally recognised brand for Vietnamese rice by choosing and cultivating several high quality varieties.

Thousands of Spanish students across the country plan to take to the streets to demonstrate against crisis cuts in education.

Many local residents in Thua Thien Hue have appropriated forests without permission, chopping down the trees and using the land for their own purposes.