Society

The problem of getting power to poor remote households has been solved by young engineer Tran Quoc Hieu who has built a home wind generator.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has raised over USD1.2 billion for efforts to cope with climate change.

Vietnam exported 3.5 million tonnes of rice in the first six months of this year, earning USD1.7 billion, said the Vietnam Food Association.

Vietnam Airlines has reported a rise in bomb threats in recent years including warnings issued by airline staff.

Summer is the holiday season as well as the season to worship and pray to Buddha.

Gunmen have kidnapped at least 60 migrants, who were aboard a freight train in Mexico trying to get to the United States, an official said.

Vietnam's export value in June was estimated to hit $7.8 billion, lifting the total export value in the first half of this year to over $42.33 billion.

The red and black leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" video went under the hammer for $1.8 million.

The former director of a state company has been sentenced to five years in jail for mismanagement of public assets.

The event marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic ties (August 6).

The university entrance exams will come in just 10 days, and it is the time for examinees to gear up for preparations.

The eurozone is preparing for the worst in the Greek debt crisis and will cope even if Athens defaults on its loans, German Finance Minister said.

Tropical storm Haima left 18 dead, 81 injured and 10 missing while destroying a great deal of property, said preliminary statistics.

A lot of domestic and foreign airlines are running sales promotion programmes, offering low airfares or applying flexible airfare policies.

Brazil's former food security minister Jose Graziano da Silva became the first Latin American to head the UN's food agency.

Tropical storm Haima, the second of its kind to hit Vietnam this season, left 16 dead, four missing and 63 injured by June 26, an agency said.

The Vietnam Women’s Union officially launched the movement to build families with five “no’s” and three “clean’s” at a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of Vietnam Family Day.

Many state-owned giant corporations still carried out their initial public offering as scheduled this year, but most of them went public quietly.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has highlighted a plan to develop the Nui Coc Lake national tourism area in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen until 2020.