Society

The 6th International Artistic Photo Contest concluded on Wednesday with most prizes going to Vietnamese contestants.

State agencies must seek the Prime Minister’s approval for buying vehicles.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts.

Hanoi will establish civilian crime patrol groups, following the models of those in HCM City and Binh Duong Province.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Shanghai Masters due to troublesome back injury, said organisers.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi My Linh has won two gold medals at both Asian and world championships.

The 20th Informatics Olympics for Vietnamese students and the 36th ACM International College Programming Contest (ACM/ICPC) opened at Can Tho University on October 6.

Japan's Sony is nearing a deal to buy out Swedish telecom firm Ericsson's stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to the Wall Street Journal.

SBV allowed five banks and Saigon Jewelry Co to reopen offshore gold trading accounts to help narrow the gap between domestic and international prices.

The NA's Standing Committee Wednedsay considered giving one more day off for the Tet, or Lunar New Year, holiday as it discussed the Labor Code and the Law on Trade Union.

The Ministry of Transport will seek public opinion on restricting private means of transport in inner Hanoi and HCMC.

HCM City has launched different programmes to develop its tourism sector, including “river tourism”, “HCM City- 100 interesting things”.

Vietnam will aim to keep the exchange rate stable until the end of the year, allowing it to move within a 1 percent band, the central bank said.

Over a half of the medical waste incinerators in Vietnam have been left unused, because their owners do not have money to pay for fuel.

Tackling the gender imbalance among the country's population was a contentious discussed at a conference in Hanoi.

Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, who has been called a master of mysticism, won the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize.

Tour companies have raised concerns about poor-quality services of a centre that supports tourists climbing Fansipan Mountain in Lao Cai Province.

The National Assembly Standing Committee stated that salaries should reflect the quality of the work done and be dictated by market forces.

The UPS Foundation has donated USD30,000 to help improve educational quality in the Mekong delta provinces of Dong Thap and Kien Giang.