Society

The Ministry of Education and Training has ruled children should learn English from the third grade onwards but schools are not equipped for this.

Lack of awareness and financial support for technology enabling Cleaner Production in Industry had handicapped its introduction in Vietnam.

China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, state media reported.

Central Vietnam boasts one of the world’s most spectacular caves, Thien Duong, which opens to the public in September.

Vietnam’s young generations should follow Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the Fields winner, to devote themselves to science.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has agreed to grant amnesty to 17,520 prisoners on the occasion of the National Day, September 2.

The week of the 42nd Economic Ministers’ Meeting, the 4th ASEAN Economic Council Meeting and related meetings was wrapped up with many positive outcomes.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the first Vietnamese mathematician to win the Fields Medal, was warmly welcomed in Hanoi upon his return from India.

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.

Agricultural exports totalled US$12.2 billion in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 20% compared to the same period a year ago.

Medical workers fretted that seasonal H3N2 flu virus continued to be widespread in Hanoi and the disease is likely to erupt into epidemic.

The first Vietnam Music Day will be held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on September 3.

Timeout's Quang Chung goes in search of pirates and adventure in Ha Tien archipelago in southern Vietnam.

Forest protection forces of Lam Dong Province and experts of the Wildlife Conservation Society made a sudden raid on many restaurants in Da Lat city.

A total of 15 volleyball teams from countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will take part in the Asian Youth Girls’ Volleyball Championship.

At least 211 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in an impoverished region of northern Indian.

The World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam, has coffered the WWF Green Office certificate on TANNER Vietnam Ltd.

New regulation concerning to administrative penalties on health insurance was issued by Vietnamese Ministry of Health on August 26.

The 3rd Vietnam International Electrical Technology and Equipment Exhibition 2010 opened at the HCMC International Exhibition and Convention Center.