Society

Yamaha Christmas Concert presenting popular Christmas carols will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on December 21-22.

All five people aboard were killed when a small plane heading for Georgia crashed on a major New York-area highway.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s strong support for cooperation in the Greater Mekong Sub-region towards integration, prosperity and sustainable development.

At least 100 Syrian army deserters were killed or wounded in clashes and 49 civilians killed, a rights group said, as Damascus faced new demands to halt its bloody crackdown on dissent.

Singers, actors, models and beauty queens throughout the country will take photos for a charity photo book to raise funds for purchasing Tet gifts for needy families.

Residents of Canh Nau Village in Thach That, an outlying district of Hanoi, have a market that is well-known for selling rats.

The demand for temporary workers for the coming Tet holiday in HCM City has picked up over the last fortnight.

Kim Tae Hee and Song Seung Hun will be in Vietnam next month when their TV series entitled “My Princess” is to be aired on a local channel.

The authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai has uncovered a local resident who keeps a rare white-chested bear at home.

Inspector of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfare inspected the Suoi Sap 1 power plant construction site after an accident that claimed eight lives on Saturday.

Clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters demanding an end to military rule entered a fifth day on Tuesday.

The Asian Development Bank will provide Vietnam a non-refundable loan of USD1.5 million to help improve traffic safety in the southern central region.

Naval officers and soldiers should make greater efforts to increase their combat capacity, says National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

North Korean television showed the body of late leader Kim Jong-Il lying in state in a glass coffin as his son and other senior officials paid their respects.

The National Trade Promotion Programme 2012 will continue focusing on export to eight key markets, an official from Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified two international protocols as measures to prevent and fight organised crime across national borders more effectively.

Century-old technology colossus IBM depicted a near future in which machines read minds and recognize who they are dealing with.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities are deploying measures to protect tourists in response to the increasing number of robberies aimed at foreigners in the city.

A small bus caught fire while driving along a road in Dai Nghia Town, My Duc District, Hanoi, on December 18.