Society

South Korea's military Thursday held a live-fire drill involving tanks, artillery and jet fighters, in a major show of strength.

With Nguyen Hue Street in downtown HCM City set to host festivities, only people living in the vicinity can drive their vehicles on certain roads on New Year’s Eve.

Street children and those at high risk of becoming street children in 10 provinces and cities have received timely assistance.

The long list of trade disputes between the United States and China lengthened further, as Washington asked the WTO to examine subsidies to the Chinese wind power sector.

The U.S. Embassy has granted four projects with supportive funding of US$70,000 to promote and enhance socio-economic development in Vietnam.

Vietnam is working together with the U.S. and neighbors to find ways to prevent and control Influenza disease.

Foodstuffs sold at markets are a serious concern in terms of food hygiene, said Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan at a recent conference on food safety.

India's animators are hoping that a film starring two of Bollywood's biggest stars will revive the sector's fortunes, after earlier efforts to popularise the cartoon genre fell flat.

Vietnam Airlines plans non stop flights between Can Tho and Taipei to meet travel demands of passengers during the Lunar New Year 2011.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has announced top ten information and communication events.

Vietnam has granted tax concessions to nearly-bankrupt shipbuilder Vinashin, a newspaper reported.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will take place in January 12, 2011 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has successfully defended its national report on the implementation of human rights.

Oil prices spiked to fresh two-year highs on Wednesday as traders reacted to news of plunging crude reserves in the United States.

More than 100 chief judges and judges from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and their border provinces are attending a two-day conference in Nha Trang.

Southern California was bracing for the most intense storm system yet, with evacuations ordered, roads covered by water and mud.

Pedagogy universities and colleges should offer courses in ethics and values as well as more professional training, speakers at a Ho Chi Minh City workshop said on Dec. 21.

The State Bank of Vietnam said Wednesday it has allowed four branches of foreign banks in the country to raise their registered capital.

General Phung Quang Thanh visited and congratulated legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.