Society

Bui Thi Thuy Van has become one of the most outstanding Vietnamese pupils in the recent German high school graduation examinations.

French authorities said a couple have been arrested after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in a northern village.

The Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee convened a meeting in the Lao province of Xieng Khouang on July 28.

The People’s Council of the northern province of Ha Giang dismissed Nguyen Truong To from the chairmanship of the provincial People’s Committee for disciplinary violations.

Catalonia\'s parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.

The Hanoi People’s Court began a trial of former officials at the Transport Ministry’s PMU18 for deliberately acting against the State’s regulations and abusing power.

Fifteen years ago today Vietnam was officially admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

A Pakistani airliner carrying 152 people crashed in Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.

A programme aiming to reduce the use of plastic bags has been launched by the Hanoi Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of more than 100 people after a Pakistani jet crashed in Islamabad and there are still no signs of survivors.

In Ha Giang province in the northeast of Vietnam you can find truly awe inspiring views in one of the most remote parts of the country, writes Nguyen Duc.

A blind man, driving his family around on a motorbike in Nghe An, has sparked outrage among some residents.

Credit card fees  and rewards programs exacerbate income inequality by acting as a transfer of wealth from poor to rich, according to a new study.

Investigators were shocked to discover a petrol station in Hanoi was shorting customers by 0.75 litres of petrol for every 10 sold.

A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed in Pakistan. At least five people were killed and three wounded, but many more were feared dead.

HCM City plans to use GPS to monitor the movements of waste tankers after finding that 80% of household sewage was being dumped into rivers and canals.

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.