Society

A ceremony was held recently on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to pay tribute to 64 Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1988 fire exchange with China to defend the islands.

Scandal-tainted Olympus Corp is considering suing current and former executives for compensation totaling about 90 billion yen, while its new president is considering resigning, a source familiar with the matter said.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Mem Sam On is visiting Vietnam to attend a meeting marking the 33rd anniversary of the Victory over the Pol Pot Genocide.

Mitt Romney and his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination wooed voters and prepared to clash in a pair of debates just 12 hours apart.

For thousands of years, the popularity and beauty of white storks been one of the cultural symbols of Vietnam but city residents only have rare opportunities to see them these days.

Vietnam and Laos have held the 34th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on socio-economic, scientific and technological cooperation in Vientiane, Laos.

"Candies without registered-names, expiration dates or information of ingredients spread all over shops in my hometown whenever Tet approaches," a resident said.

Many drugstores in Binh Duong and HCM City sell fake certificates to grant sick leave to workers.

Hanoi has licensed only two night clubs, but many bars and karaoke parlors operate like discotheques.

The number of dead from a landslide in a remote gold-mining community in the southern Philippines hit 28 but rescuers said the toll may rise with about 35 people unaccounted for.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Vietnam Fatherland Front to work closely with the Government to fulfill the socio-economic tasks set for this year.

Vietnam, in its 2011-2020 strategy, sets a target of achieving a balance of trade in 2020, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will suspend services to those spammers and scam promoters targeting mobile devices.

The movie “Hot Boy Noi Loan” (Lost in Paradise) by director Vu Ngoc Dang will be sent to the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

Vietnam attaches special importance to developing cooperation with India, considering it one of the priorities in the country’s foreign policy.

All 11 people on board a hot air balloon were killed after it burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand, police said.

Emirates Airline has launched a daily nonstop service from Dubai to HCM City as the carrier continues to expand its business in Southeast Asia.

Over 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week in an explosion of ethnic violence that forced tens of thousands to flee, a local official said.

Petra Kvitova helped the Czech Republic reach the Hopman Cup final, defeating world number one Caroline Wozniacki.