Society

Con Dao, despite its ugly history as a prison island, is now one of Southeast Asia’s most untouched and breathtaking getaways.

Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dong Thap will experience rains and whirlwind over the next few days.

The event will explore the mission of Vietnam’s literature and the contribution of American writers to bringing Vietnamese literature to the US.

Vietnam police have asked the Supreme People’s Procuracy to prosecute eight suspects in an international drug trafficking case.

Thailand's premier said Friday that order has been restored, but that the divided kingdom faces "huge challenges".

The project will change Vietnam’s transportation landscape if put into operation, however, its feasibility has yet to be determined.

Almost 300 royal documents issued by Vietnam Dynasties between the 15th and 20th centuries will be donated to the US Library of Congress in digitised version.

The United Nations commended the Vietnamese government for their continued attention to strengthening road safety.

South Korea's president convened an emergency national security meeting Friday, while North Korea once again spoke of war.

The Australian Government will provide an estimated A$119.8 million in development assistance to Vietnam in the July 2010 to June 2011 period.

Gender equality and the promotion of the role of women in society still faced many challenges in a dramatically changing world, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan said.

The 16th Future Asia Forum opened in Tokyo on May 20 with the participation of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

US spy czar Dennis Blair said he would quit, paying the price for a string of intelligence failures after a 16-month tenure.

The Vietnamese Government expressed deep sympathy over the sinking of Cheonan, a warship of the Republic of Korea.

Top leaders of Vietnam and Finland have agreed to raise two-way trade to 1 billion USD.

A Korean reporter writes about what impressed her during her trip to Vietnam and how everything is far different from what she had expected it to be.

A lone thief broke into a major Paris gallery and made off with a 120-million-dollar haul of modern masterpieces.

If NASA's exploration of Mars were summed up in a bumper sticker, it would read: "Follow the water."

Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai has installed 76 traffic lights using solar energy.