Society

The very slight increase in July’s CPI is attributed to the government and local authorities’ efforts to curb inflation, reports the General Statistics Office.

BP\'s outgoing chief executive was the target of fresh US anger after claiming he had been \"demonised and vilified\".

The $470 million 12-year loan obtained by a unit of Petrovietnam will be used to finance the construction of a 750MW combined-cycle power plant.

The Vietnamese Government will facilitate Vietnamese leather, textile and silk business projects in Uzbekistan, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Xang Thoi Lake in An Cu Ward, Nink Kieu District, one of the most beautiful places in Can Tho City, is losing its charm due to lack of care.

The Republic of Korea President sent his condolences to the family of Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, who was stabbed to death by her Korean husband.

WTO appointed three members to the panel that reviews the US’s anti-dumping measures imposed on frozen shrimp imported from Vietnam.

The Government Inspectorate must be legally independent, National Assembly Legislative Committee chairman Nguyen Van Thuan said.

Vietnam Culture Week 2010 will be held in Germany and Belgium in August and September respectively, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are now overrun with children infected with the hand, foot and mouth disease, as was reported on July 25.

The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal People’s Committee has called on all sectors to strive for an annual GDP growth rate of 11.5 percent.

The release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised.

The Ha Tinh People’s Committee and the authorities of Bolykhamsay province in Laos held an inauguration ceremony for border marker No. 476.

No deaths were reported after land erosion caused 11 houses in HCM City\'s Thanh Da Peninsula to fall into the Sai Gon River on July 24 night.

In part 15 of the series, Laura Lam shares how Ho Chi Minh was arrested in Hong Kong to "Protect the security in Indochina".

U.S. bank failures this year have surpassed a bleak milestone of 100

HCM City plans to ban many online games judged to contain elements of violence.

A UN-backed war crimes court on Monday sentenced a former Khmer Rouge prison chief to 30 years in prison for his role in Cambodia\'s \"Killing Fields\" atrocities.

Nathalie Girod discovers her love for durian from the first smell.