Society

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses.

Millions tonnes of sludge are discharged directly to rivers, canals and unused land areas every year without any treatment, causing serious pollution to Hanoi.

The peach tree leasing market, which kicked off one month ago, has become hotter these days, as Tet comes in just two weeks.

Police raided the Tay Bac Quan restaurant in Hanoi and caught restaurant workers red-handed in the process of cooking a pot of tiger bone gruel.

Phu My Hung Corporation collected over VND2.3 billion at the seventh Lawrence S. Ting Charity Walk to support the poor in the lead up to Tet holiday.

Vu Minh Quang, father of a seventh grader at Trung Nhi Junior Secondary School, noticed a contradiction in his son's English.

Western expressions of alarm over uranium enrichment begun at a new underground plant in Iran are "politically motivated," the Iranian envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog said.

NA Vice Chairman Uong Chung Luu said the imposition of traffic fees would play some part in easing congestion.

Biodiversity and the natural environment in central Vietnam are being increasingly degraded due to economic development, according to a recent study.

Vietnam’s seafood sector will run short of capital and material resources and face challenges of meeting food hygiene and safety requirements, an agency has said.

Young tennis ace Nguyen Hoang Thien is included among the list of top 100 young players in the world, according to rankings released early this month.

Journalists from Thanh Nien continued following the distribution chain of the poor-quality fuel sold throughout HCM City and its neighbouring localities.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised the Japanese Government and political parities for supporting Vietnam in all fields.

Fresh oil leaking from the wrecked cargo ship Rena off the New Zealand coast is expected to reach shore overnight, salvage officials announced.

The country's first weapon museum recently opened in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau.

Japanese carmakers are looking forward to big US sales gains after introducing a slew of new vehicles at the Detroit auto show.

NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan thanked Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, for his valuable support for Vietnam.

While efforts to search for the 22 crewmembers in the sinking of the Vinaline Queen continue, ceremonies of requiem and prayers for peace for them were held in Hai Phong City.

A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong attended the 20th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum meeting which opened in Tokyo.