Society

Thirty lacquer paintings by Vietnamese-German artist Khai Doan are on display in an exhibition entitled Dipolar at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

A workshop to be given by the British Council will ask the question of how Vietnam should market itself to the rest of the world.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied sexually assaulting a New York hotel chambermaid, but the judge turned down his $1 million bail offer.

Physicist Stephen Hawking believes there is no God and that humans should seek to live the most valuable lives they can.

The Vietnamese embassy to Japan attended a charity fair raising relief funds for victims of the powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Department was asked to inspect the experimental breeding of tigers to and make a survey of the animal.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung kicked off construction of two parts of the southern coastal corridor road project.

Eurozone finance ministers named Italy's Mario Draghi on Monday as their chosen successor to head the European Central Bank come October.

Is it worth life in a wheelchair to take a funny photo to impress somebody you don't know on the Internet?

Some people have performed tricks to earn money from Facebook, including impersonation.

US director Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" finally got to Cannes on Monday.

The storm over the IMF chief's sex assault case threw a giant cloud Monday over a European finance ministers' meeting.

Child injury accidents are becoming a global problem that results in 2,000 fatalities every day.

Intel, Dell and Yahoo! Vietnam will tie up with local firms to provide a series of career path guide programmes for Vietnamese students.

The Six Senses Hideaway resort on Con Dao Island in Vietnam is on the list of 50 best hotels in the world by Travel & Leisure magazine.

Suzanne Hook, 42, one of the first babies to be rescued during the Vietnam War, have come back Vietnam to support children with misfortunes.

Michael Phelps beat Ryan Lochte in the 200m backstroke to leave the Charlotte UltraSwim long course Grand Prix with one victory.

A campaign was launched in mid-May in Vietnam to raise business and consumer awareness towards software copyright.

President Barack Obama warned the United States risked plunging back into recession if a standoff over the US debt ceiling lingers.