Society

As painstaking and physically demanding as it is to make bricks, most brickmakers were found to be women in one village.

46 Vietnamese doctors and nurses began a two-day mission in Cambodia to provide eye checks-up and surgeries to poor patients.

Vietnam’s project on “Building continuous ceramic brick four-chamber kilns with rice husk gasification technology” has won the Energy Globe Awards 2009.

Locals and authorities uncovered a boy who underwent inhumane, horrifying and barbaric torture at the hands of his boss.

The Goethe Institute will display two new publications on Vietnam’s relics at the An Dinh palace in the former imperial city of Hue.

Buddhist Cultural Week aims to spread awareness of the country’s largest religion with a series of exhibitions and seminars on literature, history and culture.

Representatives of the nation's seven mobile service providers offered comments on a draft circular that would regulate customer promotions in the telecommunications sector.

Police arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after a failed Times Square bomb plot.

Japanese officials were in Hanoi to promote Japanese infrastructure projects, such as the construction of nuclear power plants and high-speed rail systems.

Returning home after living abroad for over three years was an overwhelming and thought provoking experience, writes David Cornish.

Hanoi will use VND 500 billion (US $26 million) from the local budget to stabilize prices of prime commodities and rein in inflation.

Senior trade officials from eight member countries of ASEAN began a visit to the US on May 2

Ho Chi Minh City's Sai Gon Bridge needs a $2.3m renovation, the city Department of Transport said following an inspection.

All children old enough to be vaccinated will be protected against five diseases (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and meningitis).

The Vietnam News Agency held a get-together for former leaders and staff from central Viet Nam, all of whom are veterans of the American War, in Da Nang.

Vietnam has yet to find the potential heirs to an older generation of artists who bemoan the lack of creativity among emerging new talent.

The US Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy set off its San Diego naval base on May 1 for a trip of humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam.

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States.

Col.Gen. Nguyen Huu An, the late General of Battle is well-remembered as a loving father and devoted husband.