Society

For nine centuries, Indians prayed at the forest shrine of Baba Haji Rozbih, a revered Sufi saint whose grave is one of the capital Delhi's oldest Islamic sites.

An elderly woman in the southern province of Phu Yen is in desperate need of financial help to support two sons who are both facing serious health problems.

The Astronomy Park has just opened in Hanoi, attracting many visitors.

Vietnam still has effective tools to proactively control the VNĐ/USD exchange rate in 2024 even if the US Federal Reserve has to maintain its interest rates at the current high level for an extended time.

Vietnam has been forecasted to face new record high temperatures this summer due to the El Nino phenomenon.

Many gold shops in Hanoi have received fewer customers on Wealth Day compared to previous years.

Sixty-four bloodied bodies have been found in Papua New Guinea's highlands, police said Monday, as officers reported ongoing gun battles between rival tribes.

Vietnam will host at least four chess competitions of the Hanoi International Chess Series in 2024, which will deliver world point rankings for successful masters.

The Prime Minister has requested that the Ministry of Public Security develop devices and seek technical solutions for collecting, exploiting, and using biometric information about iris, DNA, and the voice of citizens to be integrated into the new ID card.

A steam of sweat rose as hundreds of naked men tussled over a bag of wooden talismans, performing a dramatic end to a thousand-year-old ritual in Japan that took place for the last time.

President Vo Van Thuong on February 18 offered incense and attended the Lunar New Year pen-brush opening ceremony at a memorial area dedicated to national hero and world cultural eminent personality Nguyen Trai.

Many localities in the Mekong Delta region are focusing on attracting investment and developing renewable energy projects, helping to solve energy security issues and driving socio-economic breakthroughs in the region.

Vietnam currently tops the Southeast Asian region in the number of students studying abroad, according to the Southeast Asia Key Trends Report 2024 by Acumen, an international education consulting organisation.

The number of Vietnamese billionaires in US dollar has dropped to five in the early months of 2024 from the previous six, reported in April 2023.

Ten people were killed and 15 more injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in India on Saturday, police said.

Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh, the largest in Vietnam, has welcomed a large number of visitors on the first days of the Lunar New Year.

Many restaurants in Hanoi have remained closed after the Tet Lunar New Year Holiday.

Five of six wind power projects in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong are at standstill despite having received investment amounting to trillions of Vietnamese Dong.