Society

A festival featuring cuisines from the North, the South and the Central of Vietnam is open today, July 6, in the central province of Phu Yen.

A rockslide in Nghe An province quarry caused one dead and seven seriously injured.

About 200 people drowned in the Red Sea when a boat carrying migrants to Saudi Arabia sank off the Sudanese coast, Sudanese media say.

A Swiss-funded programme to improve public services in Cao Bang and Hoa Binh provinces has been extended 4 years with total USD14 million budget.

The latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" blockbuster has crossed the billion-dollar mark at the global box office, Disney said Tuesday.

Vietnam has decided to delay execution of the condemned by lethal injection instead of the firing squad until September.

The World Trade Organisation ruled Tuesday against China's export restrictions on raw materials.

Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group will exploit five more oil fields in order to produce 23 million tonnes of oil for this year, said an official.

Japan will conduct a "stress test" on all its nuclear plants following the crisis at the tsunami-struck Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japanese media said.

The tourism industry has earned VND62 trillion from almost 2.97 million international tourists and 17.5 million local holidaymakers in the first half of 2011.

Vietnamese -French artist Nguyen Le will bring his world music and jazz to the Music on the Roof show at the Rooftop Bar, in Hanoi, on July 12-13.

High interest rates and tighter credit are lowering the liquidity of real estate and pushing housing developers into bankruptcy, said experts.

Ho Chi Minh City experienced a surprise hailstorm on the afternoon of July 4, leaving three injured.

Twenty players of the U16 Vietnamese football team will compete at the U16 Southeast Asian Football Championships in Laos from July 5-21.

Japan's cabinet approved a $24 billion second special budget to finance relief and rebuilding after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

A project to survey coal for excavation in the Red River Delta is drawing experts's concerns about its geological and environment impacts.

Vinh Sang Resort is a beautiful land with a large natural garden in which many fruit trees and canals link together to create wonderful landscapes.

Teacher Do Viet Khoa, famous for denouncing negative actions in the final high school examinations held in Ha Tay, is having a struggling life.

Three students are on a trans-Vietnam walk, which started from the northern coastal city of Hai Phong, to call for environmental protection.