Society

An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed Monday in a mountainous northern region.

Nearly 600 drug addicts escaped from a detoxification centre in north-east Vietnam at the weekend, the centre's director said on Monday.

The Japanese T’rung Association has been established to promote Vietnam’s unique culture and arts to the land of the rising sun.

A delegation has collected complete information on the life of the overseas Vietnamese community and the Vietnamese language learning situation in Cambodia.

Pham Van Van, 88, living in Ha Long City, has spent half his lifetime collecting photos of Ho Chi Minh.

Steel wire fence, security guard and dog did not stop the thieves from stealing over 300 crocodiles over one night.

The largest study to date of the safety of mobile phones has found no clear link to brain cancer, although it said further study is merited given their increasingly intensive use.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to ban fleet expansion by taxi companies as it seeks to improve oversight of taxi operations.

Two of Europe's busiest airports closed early Monday morning as a dense cloud of volcanic ash drifted from Iceland, aviation authorities said.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi along with the Ministry of Transport have approved a plan to repair Duong Bridge.

Four days, two nights spent boating through majestic Halong Bay is like a dream, wrote Sarah Robinson of the San Diego Reader.

A renegade Thai general allied with "Red Shirt" anti-government protesters died in hospital on Monday.

An interestingly unique, prestine and genuine horse racing festival will take place this summer in Lao Cai.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) opened its first branch in Cambodia on May 15.

Vietnam Airlines on May 15 launched the Hanoi–Vinh air route, with 5 flights a week.

Many graduated students cannot find a job even while many businesses are short of employees.

Vietnamese site Tinhte, has once again managed to grab an unreleased Apple product.

President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Zurich city on May 16, beginning his four-day official visit to Switzerland.

Thailand's government insisted Sunday a crackdown on Red Shirt protesters will continue despite their plea for U.N-mediated talks.