Society

Hue Festival 2010 kicked off in the central city of Hue on June 5 with a grand, colourful ceremony at Ngo Mon Square.

Don't bother showing up for school on Mondays. The doors are locked and the lights are off.

World renowned precision driver Russ Swift is wowing crowds in Ho Chi Minh City at an international car exhibition this week.

The region has great potentials with growing connectivity which still needs further support, said ADB Director in Vietnam.

Police on June 4 activated a toll-free hotline number 1800 588 875 to receive reports on breaches of the environmental law and rules of wildlife protection.

The Vietnamese government and people congratulate Naoto Kan on his election as Prime Minister of Japan.

Recently, a number of utterly disturbing videos of reckless drivers in Vietnam have been unleashed on the Internet.

The US has helped Viet Nam set up a new HIV/AIDS programme at Hospital 87 in Nha Trang as part of its expanding support to the Vietnamese military medical system.

Lesbians in Vietnam suffer prejudice twice than gays, said researchers at the first-ever seminar on lesbianism.

The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves.

Vietnam jumped 18 spots from 89th in 2009 to the 71st out of 125 economies in the Enabling Trade Index 2010 rankings released by the World Economic Forum.

A congress was held in Hanoi on June 4 to establish the Vietnam-Brazil Friendship Association.

Deputy PM has asked all ministries, agencies and provincial people’s committee to focus on measures to promote production, consumption and exports.

The Group of 20 leading economies should seek to support growth in the developing world to help ensure a sustainable long-term global recovery, WB said.

Vietnam has focused on raising public awareness of biodiversity along with enhancing capacity and international cooperation on biodiversity conservation.

Local authorities on Thanh An island in Can Gio District were asked to actively move people out of dangerous areas that are at risk of the upcoming rainstorm season.

Human trafficking in Vietnam is on the rise with organised gangs of traffickers using more complicated tricks to evade authorities, said a new report.

Rescuers called off the search for survivors Friday as the death toll from one of Bangladesh's worst fires rose to 108.

More than VND2.5 billion was raised and 50 wheelchairs and 70 gifts were presented to AO/Dioxin victims.