Society

Many educators have expressed their concern about the feasibility of the plan to universalize preschool education for 5-year-old children.

Free musical shows will be held in 15 cities and provinces to celebrate Vietnam's Day of Music on Friday.

Permanent Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has approved the plan on building a hi-tech agricultural zone in Hoai Duc District, Hanoi.

A month-long campaign to prevent drinking among road users was launched in Ha Nam province on August 31.

Vietnam should make more efforts to ensure sustainability of poverty reduction achievements it has made during the past 20 years, said a UN official.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Iraqis on Tuesday their own soldiers and police are up to the job in an "independent" state.

British Ambassador Mark Kent pointed towards Vietnam and UK relations reaching a newer and higher level during a press conference August 30.

Hundreds of people showed their dismay at the delay of repairing broken electricity cables by blocking the road with power poles.

Vinamit’s leaders are asking the public to withold judgement about the company until necessary test results of water samples are conclusive.

Many businesses kicked off promotions with discounts of up to 50 per cent to welcome National Day and mark the start of the city's official sales promotion month in September.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 18 years ago, Korea‘s ties with Vietnam “have finally developed in all fields.”

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting Cambodian Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana in Hanoi on August 30.

A Vietnamese delegation has visited France, Switzerland and Belgium to spur the campaign to study and follow late President Ho Chi Minh’s Moral Example.

The East-West Highway facilitates travel between Ho Chi Minh City and fringe cities, and push up socioeconomic development of the city.

Nigerian striker Abdulrazak Ekpoki scored the only goal of the match between Song Lam Nghe An and Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the National Football Cup final.

Mobile game maker SocialDeck has been bought by Google, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the Internet giant.

By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has expressed thanks to UNESCO for its close and efficient cooperation with Vietnam over recent years.

Only when hitting snags in exporting their products do Vietnamese wood processors focus on the domestic market.