Society

Asian football is facing a potentially momentous week as powerful regional chief Mohamed bin Hammam appeals against a lifetime corruption ban in a case with wide significance.

CNN has voted for Vietnam’s Halong Bay as one of Asia’s top five best tropical island paradises.

While most Vietnamese people dream of owning a place to live in a big city, only five percent of those who live in Hanoi can afford to buy a home.

Vietnam needed to take stronger action against desertification, the dire consequence of long-term inefficient use of land, a forestry expert has said.

Controversial Tokyo governor said taxpayers in Japan's capital will buy a small chain of uninhabited islands at the centre of a damaging territorial dispute with China.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to submit a plan for hi-tech agricultural zones to the Government in June, an official said.

The draft regulation on managing and preserving Hanoi's Old Quarter is facing numerous criticisms over its practicality.

Hong Kong's next leader said he plans to ban pregnant mainlanders from giving birth in the city and deny their children residency rights, in a bid to ease pressure on local hospitals.

Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group accounts for 30% of the state’s total budget collection, but it only contributed 56% of its revenues to the budget.

Markets around Ho Chi Minh City have recently been flooded with a great variety of imported fruits and vegetables, most of which are from China.

Mayors, other representatives, and professionals from 25 cities in 15 countries are attending the 13th World Conference of Historical Cities which opened in Hue on April 16.

Some of the biggest names in the Vietnamese showbiz have been the subjects of criticism for their appearance in racy commercials.

Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening the comprehensive partnership with New Zealand in all fields.

Vietnam has attached importance to strengthening cooperative relations with Japan in all fields and has worked with Japan to develop their sustainable strategic partnership.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are facing amounting difficulties as cat fish prices fall sharply.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai blamed intelligence failures, particularly on the part of NATO forces, for the biggest coordinated militant attacks on Kabul in 10 years of war.

Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh is scheduled to compete in China from April 17-22 as seed No7 at the 2012 Asian Badminton Championships.

A survey conducted by the General Department of Crime Prevention and Control shows that about 3,600 Vietnamese people go to Cambodia to gamble every day.

Sex experts are urging Hong Kongers to strip off their reputation as some of the least active lovers in Asia to get more out of their sex lives.