Society

Hundreds of people showed their dismay at the delay of repairing broken electricity cables by blocking the road with power poles.

Vinamit’s leaders are asking the public to withold judgement about the company until necessary test results of water samples are conclusive.

Many businesses kicked off promotions with discounts of up to 50 per cent to welcome National Day and mark the start of the city's official sales promotion month in September.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 18 years ago, Korea‘s ties with Vietnam “have finally developed in all fields.”

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting Cambodian Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana in Hanoi on August 30.

A Vietnamese delegation has visited France, Switzerland and Belgium to spur the campaign to study and follow late President Ho Chi Minh’s Moral Example.

The East-West Highway facilitates travel between Ho Chi Minh City and fringe cities, and push up socioeconomic development of the city.

Nigerian striker Abdulrazak Ekpoki scored the only goal of the match between Song Lam Nghe An and Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the National Football Cup final.

Mobile game maker SocialDeck has been bought by Google, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the Internet giant.

By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has expressed thanks to UNESCO for its close and efficient cooperation with Vietnam over recent years.

Only when hitting snags in exporting their products do Vietnamese wood processors focus on the domestic market.

Cyclists will contest a 17-day trans-Vietnam race for the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long.

Vietnam aims to lower its rate of poor family below 5% and increase the percentage of households meeting cultural standards to over 90% by 2020.

Despite the dangers, some people living near Huong River, Hue City, battle the rapids and enter the river to collect wood.

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have extended the memorandum of understanding on supplying and receiving Vietnamese guest workers.

Representatives and young people from ASEAN countries gathered yesterday at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth's Cultural House to open a cultural exchange week.

An Indonesian volcano spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into the air on Monday, disrupting flights and sending thousands more people into temporary shelters.

The three-country should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as eco-tourism routes, suggests the Thai ambassador to Vientiane.