Society

The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a higher poverty threshold for the period between 2011 and 2015.

The Politburo has decided on the new positions to two Politburo members.

Deposit interest rates in both Vietnamese and foreign currencies are expected to be cut this month, according to the Vietnam Association of Finance Investors.

Vietnam will soon be one of the world’s fastest-growing air travel destinations.

Military officers from North and South Korea Wednesday ended two days of talks without reaching agreement, Yonhap news agency reported.

In Hoi An, spring is announcing itself, in all its living pomp and majesty.

Many images from the Vietnam War feature in a new museum exhibit in Paris focusing on Associated Press photographer Henri Huet.

China's central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates for the 3rd time in four months, as authorities ramp up efforts to tame inflation.

The Ministry of Transport will cooperate with police to further investigate a railroad accident that killed 2 and injured 26.

Vietnam climbed two steps in world ranking in February, said the world football authority, FIFA.

Young Hanoians have begun to explore ways to ease the stress in modern life, including attending Buddhism classes.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will further develop the flower industry's market share in Asia as part of its expansion plan for 2011.

There are people from foreign lands in the central highland province of Lam Dong who are seriously involved in farming as a profession.

A nine-year-old boy in Hanoi has become the youngest person in Asia to set foot on the South Pole.

Bai Dinh pagoda, known for holding the most nation-wide records in Vietnam, began its festival on February 8.

Over one season or two, no team in NBA history has lost as many games in a row as these Cleveland Cavaliers.

Being obsessed by Vietnamese disadvantaged children, a professor of history from the US has devoted her assets and her life to help heart patients in Vietnam.

Road accidents during the six days of the Tet festival starting on February 2 resulted in 288 persons being killed and 359 others injured.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet said he was extremely pleased at the development of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) at his visit on February 8.