Society

Top leaders of Vietnam and Thailand vowed to do their utmost to develop multifaceted bilateral cooperation in a deep and effective manner.

Japanese Red Cross has committed $2.76 million to help a Vietnam Red Cross mangrove and disaster risk reduction project till 2015.

Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam ranked sixth among the top ten Food & Wine Destinations in Asia.

Although the government’s decree on gold trading management has yet to take effect, some gold bullion producers have halted their processing work.

The Construction Ministry's draft decree requires a housing project to reserve 70% of its area for small and medium-sized apartments.

A US-funded project on strengthening disaster prevention and adaptation capacity for the most vulnerable central coastal area of Vietnam was launched.

Twenty percent of teachers do not master the skills for using teaching aids, while only 49 percent of students can do experiments in groups sometimes.

Electronics and manufacturing giant Toshiba said Wednesday it is to shut three semiconductor factories in Japan as part of a reorganisation of its business.

The German Red Cross provided 350 water filters to poor residents in the areas most severely affected by the recent floods in Quang Binh and An Giang.

Tran Vuong Mai Khanh won a silver medal in the girls' U-8 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Brazil on Sunday.

PM Yingluck Shinawatra began a visit to Vietnam with the aim of fostering trade and investment ties between the two countries, says Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul.

Global leaders called on emerging donors to step up efforts to help the world's poor as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned aid recipients to be "smart shoppers".

Vietnamese women should take the initiative in building the Party and State as well as formulating policies and strategies, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Anders Behring Breivik was criminally insane when he killed 77 people in Norway and is likely to be sent to a psychiatric ward, prosecutors said.

Eurozone finance ministers turned to the IMF for more help to keep the monetary union together after they missed their goal of boosting their own bailout fund to one trillion euros.

Students at people founded schools admit that the material facilities of the schools are very poor while they do not have textbooks for study.

Mister Vietnam 2010 will participate in the beauty contest for men in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to 17.

Xuan Hoa Street in Tuyen Quang City has been famous for sedge weaving for years, but recent economic hardship has caused the number of households continuing this practice to dwindle.

Denmark will help Vietnam build and operate wind farms in provinces and cities across the country.