Society

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.

Supermodel Thanh Hang has refused to attend Miss Universe 2010, reasoning that she lacks enough time to prepare.

Vietnam officially joined the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) on July 25.

Increasing numbers of southeast Asian men are marrying foreigners because fewer women in their homelands are willing to wed, a new study said.

Hanoi has so far this year welcomed more than 500,000 international tourists, up 12 percent against the same period last year.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Ha Giang province has been expelled from the Party for his violations.

Top technology and media executives grappled with -- and left unresolved -- the question of whether readers will pay for news online.

Thousands of juvenile crocodiles died mysteriously last week in the southern province of Bac Lieu\'s Phuoc Long District.

The mountainous northern provinces experienced heavy fall of rain, flood and landslides, causing six deaths and losses of vegetables.

The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July went up by only 0.06 percent over the previous month.

Authorities were searching for clues as to what touched off a sudden stampede at the Love Parade dance party in Germany that killed at least 18 people.

Vietnam and Japan have agreed to establish a dialogue mechanism for strategic partnership at the deputy foreign ministerial level.

A group of HCM City doctors is going to take a trip to Cambodia to offer free examination, treatment and surgery to Cambodian patients.

Santa Clara County court in California, USA, has charged Ly Tong, who attacked Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung, with six crimes.

The Transport Ministry has ordered the installation of a \"black box\" aboard heavy trucks and coaches from July next year.

Russia is ready to restore military cooperation with NATO almost two years after relations were frozen during the Georgian war, Russia\'s top general was quoted as saying.