Society

The leaders of the world's most powerful economies confronted a new financial crisis as they began a G20 summit with markets plummeting.

One fifth of Bangkok is now under water as Thailand's worst floods in half a century spread through the capital, an official said.

Two children died and their parents seriously injured as their house collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in Hanoi.

Vietnam will spend $600 million in a lawsuit that aims to regain the Buon Ma Thuot coffee trademark from foreign businesses, said an official.

Vietnam’s chess team is set to win at least three gold medals at the 26th Southeast Asia Games in Indonesia this November.

The domestic fisheries sector has set itself the target of reducing gas emissions by 20% over the next 10 years.

Many NA members called for early passage of the Bill on Demonstrations, saying demonstrations have become a burning social issue that needs to be regulated by a law.

Floodwaters are beginning to recede in the upper reaches of Long Xuyen Quadrangular and Dong Thap Muoi in the Mekong Delta..

Vietnam attaches importance to traditional friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation with Africa, including Namibia, affirmed President Truong Tan Sang.

European leaders drew a line in the sand for Greece, saying its referendum on a hard-won bailout deal will decide whether it stays in the eurozone.

The Ministry of Public Security will buy a mobile DNA analysis machine, the first of its kind in the world, to improve criminal investigations.

British charity foundation Kianh has started construction of a Day Centre for disabled children in Quang Nam Province.

A press conference on a project to support countries fighting crimes against wild animals, including the tiger was held in Hanoi by Interpol.

Students of all classes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City schools are forced to buy reference books though they are nominally optional.

Boarding students in Nhon Mai Secondary School in Nghe An Province have to fish after school hours to feed themselves.

China said on Wednesday it hopes Europe will stick to a bailout plan reached at last week's debt crisis summit.

While some doctors at public hospitals must seek other jobs due to monthly low salaries, those in private clinics have found a way to earn a lot.

Seven Vietnamese artists are performing in the US at the invitation of the School of Music under the Brigham Young University.

The death toll from Thailand's floods surged above 400 as public anger simmered over the authorities' handling of the crisis.