Society

The trade deficit increased to USD6.6 billion in the first five months this year compared to USD5.4 billion in the same period of last year.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew into Pakistan with "tough questions" for the country's leadership.

Well-known Japanese mime artist Iimuro Naoki will perform in Ho Chi Minh City from June 7-8 and Hanoi from June 10-11.

Google faced a lawsuit on Friday hours after it unveiled a free mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet.

UNESCO has added doctoral steles in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature to the Memory of the World Register after being recognised in March.

Six University of Chicago scholars have received named and distinguished service professorships, including Vietnam's Ngo Bao Chau.

Purchasing fruits and food on the railway and running away when trains come is the everyday scenes at the railroad passing Co Nhue Commune.

The crew of the US space shuttle Endeavour are preparing for their fourth and final spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Judokas Van Ngoc Tu will compete in the Judo Grand Slam in Rio, Brazil on June 18-19.

Vietnam's inflation may touch 20 percent in coming months, according to a recent HSBC report.

Officials Thursday said 232 people were still missing four days after a tornado tore through a Missouri town.

The Prime Minister has agreed on a credit agreement for a 10 million euro vocational training project granted by the German bank, KfW.

Foreign direct investment disbursements in Vietnam are forecast to reach $4.52 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt.

A monk in Long An Province is using his pagoda to provide disadvantaged children with accommodation and education.

The UK has pledged to continue to provide aid for Vietnam during the next five years.

Leaders of the world's richest nations begin a summit in France dominated by the Arab Spring, the economy, and Japan's nuclear disaster.

JICA has signed an agreement to provide technical assistance for Vietnam to operate and maintain expressway.

Three explosions including two car blasts struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, leaving at least five injured.