Society

The PM's Working Group on Administrative Reform has ordered government agencies to renew their effort to reduce their administrative costs by 30%.

Construction of the 220km Vietnamese segment of a transnational highway linking the greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will begin in the second quarter of the year.

The film “Choi voi” (Adrift) , directed by Bui Thac Chuyen, has won the Bronze Taiga at the 8th international film festival in Khanty-Mansiysk city, Russia.

Seven people have been arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad, police say.

Serious efforts are under way to respond to the impact of climate change in Vietnam but challenges remain, experts say.

Hanoi People’s Committee has requested relevant agencies to clarify the cause of numerous accidents inside Kim Lien tunnel.

United Nations Resident coordinator in Vietnam, John Hendra declared Vietnam a leader in gender equity.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong attended the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris.

Projects that are stuck in standstill have taken a negative toll on the GDP’s growth in Hanoi.

A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway

As I continue discovering Vietnam, one word that always seems to be on the tip of peoples tongues is the word luck, writes David Cornish.

In an event at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day.

A man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them in his pants had his sentencing postponed.

Two rival groups of gangsters pursued each other through the centre of HCM City during the night of March 8 with intentions to kill.

Neil Tweedie watches the Oscar-winner and weighs the reactions of real-life bomb disposal men.

Samsung announced that the first models of its full HD 3D entertainment products will be gradually introduced to consumers in Southeast Asia and Oceania from this month.

Lan Hieu explores an unlikely place to draw the attention of entrepreneurs.

A plenary meeting of the Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza was held in Hanoi on March 8.

Under the decision of Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung, the Thang Long Royal Citadel vestige complex will receive visitors on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long–Hanoi.