Society

At the age of 12, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Actress award at the International Dubai Film Festival, for her leading role in “Mother’s Soul” by well-known director Nhue Giang.

A senior US official has warned North Korea's upcoming rocket launch would be aimed south for the first time and impact in an area "roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines".

A team of explorers of the British Royal Cave Research Association led by Dr. Howard Limbert said that they have discovered a beautiful cave in the central province of Quang Binh.

Vietnam will play host to a number of international sport events, including football, badminton, chess and Taekwondo tournaments, this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman in Hanoi.

More than 30 Overseas Vietnamese delegates from 19 countries will attend the Hung Kings festival in Phu Tho province from March 27-30.

The World Bank announced three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick in the first challenge to the US monopoly of the top job in history.

Instead of spending hundreds of billions VND to buy land in big cities and wait for the workers coming from small provinces, businessmen tend to set up production bases in the countryside to save money.

The Hanoi Transport Association has drafted a proposal to postpone the collection of a road-use fee from most vehicle owners until next January.

Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, founder of prestigious Bloomberg newswire service arrived in Hanoi on March 23.

Japan readied its missile defence systems to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens the country, as the UN chief warned that next month's launch could jeopardise food aid.

Controversy remains among NA deputies over a regulation in the Draft Law on Trade Unions that would allow foreign workers to join labour unions.

Danang, Hoi An, and Hue are some of the best destinations for meetings, incentives, conventions, exhibitions packages, according to MICE tour organisers

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the Fund for Young Talent held a ceremony in Hanoi to honor 10 outstanding youth members in 2011.

The Japanese government decided to grant Vietnam a non-refundable package worth US$33 million to help the country develop an electronic customs clearance.

Grammy-winning pop legend Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after taking cocaine which could have triggered a heart attack, coroners said.

Questions mounted over how a known Islamic extremist managed to murder seven people, including three children, in three separate attacks before being killed in a firefight.

Vietnam considers nuclear security and safety as top priority in developing nuclear power, in addition to supporting every country’s right to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, an official said.

A museum of ancient pottery has been built in Hanoi's Gia Lam District as a result of co-operation between villagers and archaeologists.