Society

Since the last few years, the number of tourists registering for tours had increased sharply but this year the numbers have dwindled, casting a gloomy shadow over the tourist industry. 

Toyota Motor on Monday resumed operations at all its domestic plants that had been halted since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology will provide free eye surgeries to 200 disadvantaged people in Laos.

Vietnam has to date found no radiation contamination in food imported from Japan , the Ministry of Health’s Food Safety and Hygiene Department said.

Many hi-tech enterprises are planning to expand their business in 2011 and recruit a large number of workers.

As the Law on Food Safety is set to take effect, a proposed decree which would guide enforcement has drawn criticism.

Photos that highlight Vietnam’s sovereignty through vestiges related to Hoang Sa Archipelago on Ly Son Island are now displayed in Quang Ngai.

Secretary general of OPEC Abdullah El-Badri said that oil producers are "concerned" at high crude prices.

The number of applicants for university admission this year has fallen all over the country.

A number of international IT giants are speeding up their cloud computing development in the fast-growing market of Vietnam.

The Law on the Disabled, which was officially promulgated in 2011, has marked a great advance in the development of the rights for the disabled.

Long Doi Son pagoda has been restored several times, but still preserves many of the characteristics of its 900-year past.

Regime forces bombarded rebels west of Ajdabiya, forcing hundreds of residents and some fighters to flee the key crossroads town.

The worst tornadoes to hit parts of the United States in decades have left 44 people dead.

Recent years have seen an increasing number of Vietnamese films entering the world film market, with the establishment of private film studios.

An international charity fair 2011 opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 16, attracting thousands of local and foreign tourists.

Representatives from 50 local labour export companies discussed measures to send more Vietnamese guest workers to Malaysia.

The Party and State always create best conditions for intellectuals to promote their creativity, affirmed PM Nguyen Tan Dung. 

At least 45 people were dead after a powerful storm whipped up tornadoes in seven southern US states, media reported Sunday.