Society

Internal strife has been ruining the education environment at local private universities where economic interests now dominate attention.

Ngo Lan Huong secured a second place finish, ahead of the final round in the women's category at the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 in China.

Every day tonnes of rats are illegally imported into Vietnam from Cambodia as ingredients to be used in fake forest products and paté.

Vietnam has earned $515 million in revenue from exporting vegetables and fruit to become the fifth largest exporter in the world.

Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December.

A three-year project will reclaim water space from buildings that have encroached on the Tan Hoa - Lo Gom Canal in the western districts of HCM City.

French-directed silent film "The Artist" has won six Golden Globe nominations to lead the field as Hollywood gears up for its annual awards season.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade wants to move the nation away from traditional markets to a modern retail distribution system, said an official.

The fire prevention and control system of the EVN towers in Hanoi remained inactive during a fire, causing difficulties for fire fighters.

The badminton team have won the first medal for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia.

More than 13,000 people from Nghe An Province had to go to Hanoi to take Korean tests to avoid being tricked by labour brokers.

Germany will provide EUR289.2 million for Vietnam to implement bilateral cooperative development projects in the next two years, according to the German Embassy in Hanoi.

US forces marked the end of their mission in Iraq with a ceremony near Baghdad, after nearly nine years of divisive war.

Vietnam has made significant progress in gender equality, but important challenges remain both socially and economically, says the World Bank.

Lack of food, pollution or weather change may affect the iconic turtle at the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, as the turtle has surfaced very often.

Vietnamese consumers witnessed a lot of incidents in 2011, including motorbike explosion, instant noodles containing DEHP and E102, and milk powder is contaminated.

Teachers, and even parents, have pointed out myriad mistakes in textbooks currently used to teach K-12 students.

An office tower being built by Vietnam's state power company caught fire Thursday, engulfing part of downtown Hanoi in black smoke.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will start the new year by competing in the 2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier in Seoul from January 3-8.