Society

An international exhibition on recycling energy was held in Hanoi, attracting 30 groups from 9 countries strong in recycling energy.

Hanoi Police said they had arrested two individuals for making fake university degrees and academic transcripts.

A former transport official was convicted to serve an extended prison term for abusing his position.

In part 2 of DTiNews' investigation, the security of the numbered plate system comes under fire.

Unusual weather, including early and prolonged drought plus more heat waves, has placed intense pressure on the Electricity of Vietnam group to mobilise different resources.

Girls in an ethnic minority village only 110 km north-west of HCM City are still getting married and having children at as early as the age of 13.

The number of applications increased over two times compared with last year and the quality of the competition products is also much better, said organisers.

Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with liters of their own blood into the residence of the Thai prime minister.

The list of things I eat in Vietnam grows weirder by the month, and by the mouthful, writes David Cornish.

One of Australia’s leading water safety groups is pioneering a program to try to curb preventable drowning deaths in Asia.

Vietnam is Russia’s faithful friend and priority partner in the Asia-Pacific region, says First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

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.

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

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