Society

Vietnam needs more than VND3.29 trillion (USD160 million) to support people with disabilities during the next 10 years.

China's media said reports claiming former president Jiang Zemin had died were "pure rumour".

Bui Tien Dung, former general director of PMU18 has been sentenced to 7 more years in jail for abusing position and power on duty.

The International Trade Fair Central Highlands will be held in Phu Yen province from September 1-6.

A new television programme will be launched on VTV3 on every Sunday to introduce the country’s landscapes and regional socio-cultural features.

The boom in the number of individual vehicles is holding back economic growth in HCM City, according to one expert.

About 30 hectares of pine forests were destroyed on July 6 after a fire broke out at 1:00 pm in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

A powerful 7.6-magnitude undersea earthquake triggered tsunami alerts for New Zealand and Tonga.

At least 36 people are trapped underground at a coal mine in eastern China after a fire broke out, state media reported Thursday.

The whole nation has elected 500 National Assembly deputies and 302,648 deputies to the People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term.

Violinist Do Phuong Nhi, 13, will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to perform in major cities in a concert tour held by Toyota Vietnam.

The Vietnam Records Book Centre announced the 2nd publication in its S100 Records series-“100 Vietnamese natural and food specialities”.

Doctors in Britain revealed they have developed a new model to help determine which pregnancies run a higher risk of miscarriage.

More species of animals and plants in Vietnam are facing extinction risk, according to the 2010 National Environment Report.

China raised a key interest rate Wednesday for a third time this year as it tries to cool surging inflation.

For many less fortunate students in Thanh Hoa province, summer vacation is a time to earn extra money by shelling shrimp.

The world needs $1.9 trillion in green technology investments a year, with over half of that sum necessary for developing countries," the UN said.

Many seafood firms have reportedly bullied catfish farmers by breaching contracts thanks to certain adroitly-crafted escape clauses.

Vietnamese athletes Ngo Huu Ky Phong and Le Thanh Cong both won gold medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011.