Society

The Asian Development Bank will provide a USD540 million loan for an urban mass rapid transit line in Ho Chi Minh City.

South Africa's AIDS deaths have fallen by nearly 25 percent due to scaled up access to life-saving drugs, new research has shown.

Russell Westbrook scored his 4,000th career point as he helped Oklahoma City notch a 104-94 NBA victory over Detroit.

Dozens of Vietnamese were reported to be living and working in the center of the deadly quake that hit northeastern Japan on March 11.

The combined number of people who have died or are unaccounted for after the earthquake in Japan is feared to top 1,700.

Vietnam is trying to reform administrative procedures to create more favourable conditions for clean development mechanism projects.

The Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group has raised coal prices for products delivered to Electricity of Vietnam's thermal power plants.

Dissatisfied customers can now denounce sellers and ask for compensation from cosmetics companies if the products they purchased were substandard.

Japan warned that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after a quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast.

Vietnam is now on the watch for possible earthquakes and tsunamis because of similar recent disasters in China and Japan.

The northern province of Son La and its Lao neighbouring Houaphanh province plan to plant 50 markers along their shared border in 2011.

Eurozone leaders agreed to boost defences against a destabilising debt crisis stalking weaker members by strengthening a debt rescue fund.

The Ministry of Education and Training announced the criteria to move universities and colleges to the outskirts of big cities.

YouTube on Friday began showing what it said was the first feature-length Hollywood movie created specifically for the Internet.

The US Atlantic Philanthropies organisation has allocated USD2 million for improving health for ethnic minority women and children in Vietnam.

More than 1,000 people were feared dead after a monster tsunami unleashed by a massive quake which wreaked destruction across northeast Japan.

The strongest earthquake ever to hit Japan Friday unleashed a terrifying 10-metre tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives.

The Yen Bai province environmental authority has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.

International Francophone Day will arrive on March 20, and will include many events aimed at cultural exchange among French-speaking countries.