Society

PM Nguyen Tan Dung told Da Nang authorities to temporarily close the casino ran by Silvershore Hoang Dat JV Company to address the firm’s violations.

About 150 overseas Vietnamese students will take part in the 2010 Summer Camp to be held in 10 provinces and cities across Vietnam.

The 6th session of the National Committee for ASEAN took place on June 28 with Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem as the chair.

G-20 leaders agreed to prioritise protecting and reinforcing the current economic recovery, at the end of their summit.

More than 300 teenagers from 15 provinces and cities across the country joined the second “Young National Assembly” in Ho Chi Minh City.

Da Nang City’s Buddhism Association is to kick off a supporting programme for prospective students of university entrance examinations.

Italian financial police arrested 24 and seized a vast array of assets in a major operation against money laundering by Chinese crime gangs.

The central province of Quang Tri on June 27 hosted a conference on tourism cooperation with two provinces from Laos and Thailand.

Relevant authorities are to carry out quality checks of helmet manufacturing units following allegations in a newspaper.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has voiced ASEAN’s support for joint efforts to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

G20 leaders Sunday closed in on a deal to slash national deficits within three years.

Teaching Khmer language in parallel with Vietnamese in pagodas in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang is developing strongly, especially in summer holidays.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung held meetings with the PM of the Netherlands and attended a tripartite meeting with Indonesian President and the ASEAN General Secretary.

Fishermen in Ha Tinh learned an important lesson on co-operation when they were caught in a storm last September.

Electricity of Vietnam Group said June 25 that its power supply would be better by the second week of July, thus blackout would be minimized.

Leaders of the Group of 20 developed and emerging nations opened talks in Toronto late Saturday.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved four credits totaling 456.5 million USD in support of Vietnam ’s development efforts.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday evening to attend G20 summit at the invitation of Canadian PM Stephan Harper.

The leaders of the world\'s richest nations warned Saturday the global recovery was still fragile.