Society

The main objective of the trip is to talk with world leaders about global issues in economics, politics, the environment and technology and sciences.

Prime Minsiter Nguyen Tan Dung has just approved a plan to build a coastal road spanning over 3,000 kilometres.

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut.

A Vietnamese student who suffered serious injuries, following the freak accident has died in Auckland Hospital, New Zealand last Thusday.

Nearing Tet celebration, the highest “business season” for counterfeit liquor makers arrives. Their methods and secrecy may surprise.

Next in a series about Ho Chi Minh, Laura Lam writes about Vietnam's political background prior to the rising of the leader.

Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United States in an audio message released Sunday.

Thanks to a tremendous amount of feedback and suggestions from readers, my quest to find a local bar will continue, only now, I have a map.

Hanoi’s industrial production value has reached VND 7,368 billion in January, posting a year-on-year rise of 16.3% against the same period last year.

Outstanding individuals gathered at a talk in Hanoi to share experience in studying and following the late President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.

Businesses in the Vietnam Food Association have signed contracts to export 2.6 million tonnes of rice.

Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the UN said Saturday.

As Lunar New Year approaches, contraband is at it's highest around provincial borders.

Perhaps we should start calling Sixth Avenue “the de-sandwiched zone” (DSZ).

The three tractor-trailer containers sat in a row, divided with metal partitions into 19 tiny, sweltering cells.

Vietnam is expected to take centre stage at the World Economic Forum 2010.

Hewlett Packard has taken the first steps in an agreement to aid technology development in Quang Ninh Province.

As Haitians begin rebuilding a crippled economy, the rapid surge in prices of crucial products is just one of the many challenges they face.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan okayed the proposal on building the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Acapulco City, Mexico.