Society

The 8th National Patriotic Emulation Congress opened at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi with the participation of 1,500 eminent delegates from across the country.

The UN World Food Programme said it had suspended food distribution in a lawless Pakistani tribal district where a woman suicide bomber killed more than 40 people.

Families living on boats along city waterways run the gauntlet of random police raids as they eke out a meager living.

Hanoi presented certificates of merit to 98 organizations and ten individuals who sponsored trillions of VND to the city’s 1000th birthday anniversary.

Books about Vietnam war written by two US veterans Larry Heinemann and Bruce Weigl, who served in the US-Vietnam war from 1967-68, hit shelves mid-December.

A sea of yellow and red fans witnessed an explosive first-leg AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 final that saw Malaysia storm to a sensational 3-0 win over arch-rivals Indonesia.

A winter storm in the US Northeast stranded thousands of airline, train and bus passengers.

Circuit advisor Hans Geist insists that the FIA are not looking to include Vietnam on the F1 calender despite the Austrian visiting the country.

The fifth Cuisine Festival opened at 23/9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City to promote Vietnamese and international cuisine to domestic and foreign visitors.

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo warned West African leaders any attempt to oust him could ruin the regional economy and trigger civil war.

The nation's export turnover in 2010 was US$71.629 billion, an increase of 25.5% against last year's figures.

Thirteen of 17 Vietnamese crew members were saved by a Chinese rescue team after strong winds sank their ship near Minjiang estuary in the East Sea.

Americans in the deep south were treated to a very rare white Christmas, and several hundred flights were cancelled amid foul weather.

Laos will preserve a section of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in its territory as part of its project to upgrade Highway 15 linking Lao southern province of Saravan to Vietnam.

Vietnam’s world heritage Ha Long Bay ranks sixth among the world’s top ten destinations for sailing cruises by National Geographic book Journeys of a Lifetime.

Parents of Ro Ngao ethnic minority people hold an one-off birthday party for their children in life to show their love for them.

More than 80 were killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Programme project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in northwestern Pakistan.

Temperature in the northern mountainous region will drop to 7-9 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday.