Society

Goals for developing the nation's stock market were announced yesterday during a conference held by the State Securities Commission in Ha Noi.

The number of HIV-infected people has decreased over the past four years to nearly 200,000 in 2011.

Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China gathered on March 2 to review solutions to strengthen relations.

At least six people were killed and one small town was "gone" as more than six dozen tornados tore across the central US.

“Cohabiting” has become the familiar concept to many students nowadays. Therefore, the existence of a “pregnant student hamlet” in the university village does not surprise anyone.

SOS Children’s Villages International will help to build another similar village as well as a SOS pre-school costing USD2.5 million in Pleiku, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

The European Union is keen on bilateral free trade agreement negotiations with Vietnam towards a comprehensive Vietnam-EU FTA in future, said European Commission Trade Spokesperson, John Clancy.

People’s Artist Tran Binh has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s permission to open a copyright protection centre, the second of its kind in Vietnam.

As EU leaders sign a much-heralded "pact" on fiscal rigour, two of the eurozone's top economies found themselves in hot water for fiscal indiscipline, including deficit hardliners the Dutch.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and Chilean Senate President Guido Girardin Lavin signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi on March 1.

Vietnam should pay greater attention to urban planning in order to ease traffic congestion, said a JICA expert.

The Kovalevskaya Award will be presented to two female scientists for their great contributions to science and national development.

In an attempt to discourage illegal bike racers, Ho Chi Minh City wants to impose a tough penalty on them by confiscating vehicles immediately, even those of first time offenders.

Davis Love matched the course record with a 64 to seize a two-shot first-round lead at the Honda Classic over a group led by Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.

The High Command of Naval Zone 2 has received the vessel HQ272, the most modern ocean going patrol boat to be made in Vietnam to date at a ceremony on March. 1.

Twelve Vietnamese passengers were killed and 7 others injured in a bus accident in Laos’ Attapu province at about 6pm on March 1.

Vietnam is hoping that falling inflation and rising global risk appetites will spur sustained interest in the country's small stock market, a frontier where many pioneers have been burned.

Serbia took a "milestone" leap towards EU membership when Europe's leaders granted Belgrade candidate status, opening a new chapter in the history of the Western Balkans.

Well organized rings have begun offering contract prostitution, recruiting girls to work under contract for entrepreneurs, an official of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs said.