Society

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has announced its decision to sell 343 State-owned villas.

The official competition programme of the 26th SEA Games will present the Vietnamese sports team with many challenges.

A bumper US employment report showed the troubled jobs market gained momentum last month, raising hopes that a final piece of the recovery puzzle is falling into place.

Vietnam’s first electronic passports are expected to be put in use no sooner than 2013 instead of in 2011 as rumored, the Ministry of Public Security said.

Japan's latest bullet train, the thin-nosed "Hayabusa", made its 300 kilometre per hour debut, boasting a luxury carriage.

More than 4,400 Vietnamese workers in Libya had returned home safely by 18:15 hrs on March 4, said an official.

The US Department of Commerce has announced the final results of its review of anti-dumping taxes on Vietnamese frozen shrimp from February 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Yemeni troops killed four demonstrators and wounded seven others on Friday when they fired on an anti-regime rally in the north.

Libyan forces carried out an air strike on the edge of Ajdabiya, as opponents of Moamer Kadhafi called fresh protests in the capital Tripoli.

Awards for ‘Outstanding ASEAN Enterprises’ and ‘ASEAN famous brands’ and the Gold Cup for ‘Entrepreneurs with Talent and Heart’ were launched in Hanoi.

A 150-page book of Vietnamese and Korean fairytales, the Starfruit, was released at the Korean Cultural Centre on March 2.

Ticket-vending machines installed in many HCM City buses have become popular, according to the Department of Transport.

World shares jumped Friday, shrugging off stubbornly high oil prices after signs that U.S. companies are hiring more workers boosted Wall Street.

A woman made up a fictional story, passing it off as her real experiences, fooling millions of readers and TV viewers.

The class will be volunteering for a non-profit organization and will write stories on the culture and people of Vietnam.

China has announced a double-digit increase in its secretive military budget but insisted the annual outlay of more than 90 billion dollars posed no external threat.

The government is working with the World Bank to computerise the country’s tax administration system to prepare it for international integration.

Taiwan's contribution to an international effort to help Vietnam clear unexploded bombs and reduce poverty has won thanks from the local government and farmers.

The White House called for $6.5 billion in immediate spending cuts as negotiations opened with tea party-backed Republicans in Congress.