Society

The lives of many residents in some older Hanoi apartments are at risk because the buildings are leaning and show signs of collapse.

A recent survey shows that that 40-60% of the patients are underweight.

The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

The Republic of Korea has provided a non-refundable aid worth USD4.7 million for construction of a vocational training school in Quang Tri.

Toyota announced Thursday it is recalling more than 300,000 sport utility vehicles in the United States to fix faulty airbag sensors.

Vietnam Television has decided to stop broadcasting a TV soap opera series Wednesday after it received strong criticism from viewers.

A delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly took part in the 124th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Panama from April 15-20.

The lending interest rates have been pushed up to 20-22% per annum, forcing small and medium enterprises and individuals to stop borrowing money.

Aggressive new strains of wheat rust disease have decimated up to 40 percent of harvests in some regions of north Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Americans have been tricked by movies, while Vietnamese have a firmer grasp on what love really is, writes Brian Webb.

Educational experts have criticised the draft Tertiary Education Law for being virtually indistinguishable from existing regulations.

Mourners bowed their heads at vigils to mark the first anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, which unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history.

The second turbine of the Son La hydroelectric power plant in Son La Province started generating power for the national grid on April 20.

Herbs used in traditional Vietnamese medicine may be lost completely unless measures are taken to manage their cultivation and exploitation.

A Hong Kong movie billed as the world's first 3D porn film has broken the city's first-day box office record.

Many businesses still hesitate to opt for electronic invoices as they doubt the safety of the new invoice, which will be applied from May 1st.

The Hanoi Environment Group is organizing a series of activities in Hanoi to mark Earth Day 2011 on April 22.

None of the women in Kim Lien village in Danang can remember when they began to earn their living as hawkers by jumping from a bridge on top of moving trains.

Greater awareness of the real impacts of Intellectual Property Rights violations is key to fighting piracy and counterfeiting, experts said.