Society

The Vietnam Ministry of Public Security is working with Interpol to issue an international search warrant for a former accountant at the Central Cinema Department for embezzling money.

Facebook is letting members follow strangers Twitter-style in the latest of a barrage of data maelstrom-taming moves since rival social network Google+ launched in June.

A key US government report spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, citing a bad cement job, poor management by BP and its subcontractors.

The Sixth Vietnamese-Indian Strategic Defence Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level was held in Hanoi on Sept. 14.

Danang City is among cities selected for a green model city project by APEC energy and transport ministers.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group Chairman Doan Nguyen Duc is among the most influential executives in Southeast Asia, said Wall Street Journal.

Vietnamese martial artists have won three gold medals, three silvers and six bronzes at the pre-Southeast Asian Games Kempo Shorinji Tournament.

Police in Hanoi have inspected several parking lots in the capital and detected numerous violations.

Vietnam's Luu Hong Quang has won first prize at the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition in Australia.

Foreign visitors will enjoy VAT refunds when they purchase goods in Vietnam under a draft currently being considered by the Ministry of Finance.

The US poverty rate rose in 2010 to 15.1 percent, the highest since 1993, according to census data.

Thu Thiem Tunnel in HCM City is currently 'ready for traffic', but will be put into use on November 20.

HCM City plans to build more schools for students with disabilities during the 2011-12 school year, said the Department of Education and Training.

The 2nd phase of a Norwegian-funded project on poverty reduction in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on September 13.

The Vietnam News Agency Television Centre has recently launched a new programme entitled “For a happy family” to raise public awareness of domestic violence and prevention.

Asia's developing economies will post slower-than-expected growth this year and in 2012 as key trading partners reduce orders amid worries about the global economy.

The world's population will surge to seven billion next month and the challenge is not a lack of living space but how to empower disenfranchised women and girls.

Vietnam’s only centre offering ‘detoxing’ courses for online gamers has stopped offering its courses.

Vietnam Fashion Fair 2011 will be held at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi from December 19-25.