Society

In Vietnam and several Asian nations, votive objects are burnt ceremonially during certain festivals to “send” them to dead ancestors.

Vietnam’s national football team has jumped from 144th to 129th in the August rankings, the International Federation of Association Football announced.

Hurricane Irene looked set to become a major storm as it roared up from the Caribbean.

The use of e-signatures on emailed denouncements was under consideration by National Assembly delegates.

The Ministry of Education and Training has reduced some of the contents in curriculum at primary and high schools, despite concerns over the move.

The General Statistics Office has estimated that the country had a trade deficit of $800 million in August.

After two years performing across the globe, Kat Parsons has made her way back to Park Lounge of the Park Hyatt Hotel Saigon.

Some 8.7 million different species exist on Earth, though a tiny amount of those have actually been discovered and catalogued, researchers said.

Microsoft Corporation has recognised the Hue Star Educational System (Hue Star) as a global Pathfinder school, said the school chairman.

A US judge on Tuesday dismissed all sex crime charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

After bursting into the Bab Azizia compound from which Kadafi ruled, euphoric fighters burn his meeting tent and drive his golf cart.

Son La Hydropower Plant's third turbine hooked up to the national grid early yesterday morning.

The ratio of elderly population in Vietnam will reach 18 percent by 2020.

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Vietnam will now be added to the list of potential Manchester United Far East tour destinations.

As many as 10,000 inmates will get parole ahead of schedule on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

The two defence ministries of Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to focus their cooperation on the exchange of delegations, military technology and intelligence work.

Major ratings agency Moody's Investors Service downgraded Japan's sovereign debt rating by one notch Wednesday.

Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II.

The central city of Danang has detected over 700 food stalls violating food safety and hygiene standards since early 2011.