Society

The bones of an extinct sea cow species that lived about 20 million years ago have been discovered in a cave in the Philippines.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has drawn attention to a sudden spurt in the trade deficit run up by foreign firms.

Apple has unveiled a free service called iCloud that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices.

The border area of Lung Cu on the Dong Van rock plateau is called the rooftop of Vietnam and is legendary for its very special charm.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hungary.

German Falko Goetz will be the head coach of Vietnam ’s national football squad and Olympic team for the next two years.

One hundred and twenty policemen were killed by "armed gangs" in northwest Syria, state television said on Monday.

Enterprises in industrial parks and export processing zones will need a total of 100,000 workers by 2015, according to HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority.

Drivers blowing loud air horns in Ho Chi Minh City will face stiffer fines from June 30 under a new government decree.

The space under bridges in HCM City have become mobile markets, the home to homeless people, warehouses and public toilets.

Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared at a New York court Monday, expected to launch a fight to clear his name.

China needs to strictly abide by the UN Charter and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and relevant international laws, Vietnam lawyers said.

Former IMF chief arrived at a New York courtroom Monday for a new hearing on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid.

Tra fish (pangasius) export revenue is expected to reach USD1.8 billion this year, speakers at a conference said last Saturday in HCM City.

Both Vietnam and the Philippines criticised China’s aggressive behaviour in the East Sea during the Shangrila Dialogue.

NATO warplanes battered Moamer Kadhafi's command network in Tripoli, it said Monday ahead of a visit to Libya by an envoy from Russia.

The Malaysian world heritage city of Malacca will be smoke-free from June 15, a first for the country, the health minister said Monday.

A wild elephant has been found dead in the Vinh Cuu Natural Conservation Zone in Dong Nai Province, possibly due to eating pesticide-laden fruits.

Vietnam has entered its bid to host the Asian Games in 2019, according to an official from the Vietnamese Olympic Committee.