Society

The Report on Global Competitiveness 2011-12 by the World Economic Forum announced that Vietnam ranked 65th on the global competitiveness index.

On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, State President Truong Tan Sang has conveyed best wishes to children both at home and abroad.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos plans to visit North Korea next month to assess the growing food crisis there, according to a UN spokeswoman.

Vo Chi Cong, former President of the State Council, former Chairman of the National Defence Council and former Deputy Prime Minister, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 99.

Over the past eight months, the Vietnam Red Cross has raised around $7.783 million in support of Japanese earthquake victims.

Local manufacturing firms are struggling to liquidate their output as inventories of various kinds of industrial products are piling up quickly.

The seeds of criminal behaviour needed to be addressed early to avoid more criminality, a former NA member has stressed.

Libya's new de facto premier on Thursday used his first major address in Tripoli to warn that liberation was not yet complete and the hardest battles were yet to come.

The seventh International Tourism Exhibition will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from Sept. 14-17, a municipal official has said.

After the success of the first German Film Festival last year, the Goethe Institute will bring another month of films to Vietnam.

A series of European conferences and exhibitions on green business will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City next week.

Ninh Thuan Province not only attracts tourists with its beautiful beaches but also with its high quality fish sauce called Ca Na.

Two Vietnamese institutions have joined the 24th International Book Fair that opened in Moscow, Russia, on September 7.

These days, Kim Hong Village in Nghe An Province is largely deserted, the remaining dwellers being mostly elderly, women or small children.

The 5th session of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation was held in Hanoi on September 6.

The upward trend of some major climate change indicators has prompted Vietnamese climatologists to adjust the initial climate change for the country.

Traffic police in the capital city have started checks for intoxicated drivers, especially near popular drinking locations.

The world's top financial leaders meet in France to work on a plan to solve the European debt crisis that is rattling markets.

The hockey world was left stunned after a plane carrying a major Russian ice hockey team to their season-opening match crashed after take-off.