Society

Dozens of forest fires have sparked in Nghe An Province over the last two months, burning down hundreds of hectares of forest.

Dozens of khaya trees with an invaluable historical and cultural value to Ha Tinh Province are at risk of being cut down.

Government inspectors announced an inspection of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, which has debts of over VND80 trillion.

Authorities in Hanoi are determined to catch the growing number of scam artists roaming around Hoan Kiem Lake.

A hearing on Agent Orange in Vietnam will be held in Washington D.C. on July 15 by the US House of Representatives.

Co-operation in energy, oil and gas plays an important role in bilateral relations between Vietnam and Russia.

Nelson Mandela joined the football party for Spain\'s 1-0 World Cup victory over Netherlands with 700 million people watching.

The average Vietnamese life expectancy increased to 72.8 in 2009, according to the General Office for Population Family Planning.

The 28th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Energy will be held in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat in Lam Dong Province.

Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have pledged to develop the border triangle area.

Vietnam and Germany are set to increase cooperation in justice and related areas after a recent Germany visit by a Vietnamese delegation of justice ministry.

World leaders and celebrities swarmed Johannesburg on Sunday for the World Cup finale between the Netherlands and Spain.

A young man has embarked on a journey biking through Vietnam to raise awareness on HIV and environmental issues.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary met with Russian Deputy PM, Moscow Mayor and Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

People are taking a variety of different approaches to the same question: How best to prepare for the coming apocalypse?

No longer listed among the poor and backward countries as of this year, Vietnam has become a middle-income country.

Health departments nationwide have been asked to spend 30 per cent of their budgets to prevent epidemic outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever.

Poland is to share the US$37,000 cost of preserving a stele engraved with King Tu Duc’s teachings that sits in front of the old national university in Hue City.

HCM City downtown can expect a major facelift along the bank of the Sai Gon River from Sai Gon Bridge to District 4's Tan Thuan Bridge.