Society

The leader of an organized crime gang that operated across the China-Vietnam border was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined 2.15 million yuan.

Export company Nexus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a conspiracy to bribe Vietnamese government officials.

A multi-national private oil and gas consortium (SAONAM PETRO), the first of its kind in Vietnam , made its debut in Hanoi on March 16.

The ministry has warned that the A/H1N1 epidemic on humans is at high risk of recurence due to the public’s poor awareness of the fatal disease.

The country’s four key economic zones, with their booming development, have helped boost economic activity in the areas surrounding them.

Cai luong is struggling to keep its audiences, whose interests in the art form are being lost to modern entertainment in the cradle of its birthplace.

Mark Rapoport speaks about his artifact gallery in Hanoi and his particular deep interest in Vietnamese ethnic tribes.

A major aid initiative, backed by the Government here, has helped to identify an unusually high rate of hepatitis B infection in Vietnam.

A man who led a major ring that ripped off casinos throughout the U.S of up to $7 million was sentenced to 70 months in prison.

Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood as part of a plan to splatter the government headquarters.

To avoid being noticed, Korean men and their brokers met with potential wives in the car park of the Tan Son Nhat Airport.

The national tourism development strategy for 2020 spotlights gender equality as a key element for a green and sustainable industry.

With simple English songs and chants, an English teacher at a primary school in HCM City is able to control her class and stop her students from being noisy and unruly.

DTiNews reporters discover how brokers earn money from those who want to have "lucky" plate numbers.

President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments.

Measures to speed up major projects, ease traffic jams and prevent flooding in Ho Chi Minh City topped the agenda of a working session between the cabinet and the city’s leaders on March 15.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong received a European Parliament delegation for relations with Southeast Asian and ASEAN countries led by Wermer Langen in Hanoi

Work to improve Vuc Lake in the capital’s Long Bien district kicked off on March 14, marking the beginning of a project on inner-city lake protection and preservation.

PM Abhisit Vejjajiva defied the demands of his opponents, telling the country that he would neither resign nor dissolve the House of Representatives.