Society

A Vietnamese Government programme to send poor workers abroad is back on track following a recovery in the global demand for labour.

Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines.

The Travel Channel will discontinue airing an episode of a culinary reality show that promotes illegal wildlife meat consumption in Vietnam.

Hanoi People's Committee has required local authorities to strengthen inspections on brick production at traditional kilns across the city to curb environmental pollution.

Suffering a long-term fall in sales and a collapse in revenue, newspapers worldwide are being forced to reinvent themselves for the Internet age.

The Vietnam and Laos Ministries of Health co-organised a seminar on July 3-4 to discuss measures to boost cooperation in the healthcare sector.

The central Vietnamese provinces need over VND350 billion (US$18.3 million) to deal with the current drought, an official said.

A festival atmosphere has been palpable on the streets of HCM City recently, as the infectiousness of World Cup 2010 fever has swept away sports fans.

Blackouts have continued in HCM City, despite commitments by national power supplier Electricity of Vietnam not to cut power anymore.

Candidates of group A (math, physics, and chemistry) and V (math, physics and a field specific subject) sat for their first day of the university entrance examination.

Experts are worried about the possibility of a population boom and birth gender inequality among newborns in Vietnam.

As the two nations commemorate the success of the last 15 years, let's take a look back at the relations and what they have become.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine.

The World Bank said it committed $72.2 billion in fiscal year 2010, an unprecedented level of assistance for developing countries.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung pressed the button for the construction of a 600 MW thermal-power plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Unpleasant images of tourists being scammed on the streets of Hanoi have resurfaced, causing anger to the public.

A fuel truck exploded and set fire to a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 230 people, officials said.

Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem recently agreed to financially assist the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to host the ASEAN BIS 2010.

Vietnam’s policy and its achievements in promoting gender equality and raising women’s role and position were highly valued by Australia and New Zealand.