Society

The costs of domestic tourism rose dramatically, causing more Vietnamese to book tours in neighbouring countries, said the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnamese marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh has earned a place in the 2012 London Olympics.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set annual import quotas for ozone-depleting HCFCs from 2012 to 2019.

More than 500 tourist boats in Ha Long Bay will be decorated with white details instead of being repainted white totally, said a local official.

China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace.

Schools in Vietnam have not paid attention to teach soft skills to their students.

An average-income earner has to save money for over 50 years to be financially capable of buying an average-class apartment, showed a study by CB Richard Ellis.

Vietnam's coastal region of West Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf suffers from transboundary environmental pollution and joint efforts are being urged to tackle this problem.

Britons including Kate Winslet were among the early winners at the Golden Globes, as British comic Ricky Gervais again took mocking aim at Hollywood.

The PM has urged the Ministry of Finance to provide nearly 9,880 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for seven provinces during the upcoming traditional Tet Festival.

President Truong Tan Sang affirmed that the nation's New Model for the Countryside was among the Party's major policies.

An orphan airlifted to Britain after the Vietnam War is trying to raise awareness of the plight of those still dealing with the effects of the conflict.

A new headquarters of the Hanoi Stock Exchange was inaugurated in Hanoi on January 15 in the presence of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Syria's Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people as Damascus announced a general amnesty for crimes committed in the unrest.

Hoan My Saigon Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on January 14 announced its first successful heart surgery on a 6-year-old boy.

A photo exhibition showcasing nearly 100 colour, and black and white photos taken by amateur Vietnamese photographer Bui Huy Trang opened in Paris on Jan. 14.

President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his first public reaction to France's credit rating downgrade, vowed on Sunday to carry out more reforms to lead the country out of crisis.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee held a get-together on January 15 for overseas Vietnamese returning home to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festval (Tet).

Russia's space agency called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.