Society

Vietnam wants to reflect TPP's determination to continue its renewal process and in-depth international economic integration.

A smoke-free website developed by voluntary students, was launched on Thursday, aiming to provide information relating to exchange activities and campaigns for a smoke-free environment.

At least three major aftershocks rocked central Chile, striking minutes before its president-elect was sworn into office.

The success of the papaya extract in acting on cancer without toxicity is consistent with reports from indigenous populations in Australia and Vietnam.

Vietnamese athlete Doan Thi Huong Giang won a bronze medal on March 8 in the women’s 52 kg category at the World Youth Taekwondo Championship.

Cosmopolitan Magazine of Vietnam will release its first edition on March 15, 2010.

On March 11 the Hanoi police investigated the scene of the fire at the JSC building at Khuat Duy Tien and Le Van Luong roads.

Fierce blazes spreading through a cushion factory in Binh Duong Province on March 11 were the cause of 7 deaths.

The entry section at District 2 in HCM City was connected with the first underwater section of Thu Thiem tunnel on March 9.

An increase in the tobacco tax will help reduce the number of smokers in Vietnam, according to an overview survey on tobacco tax in Vietnam

Total damage cost due to floods in HCM City is estimated to be USD 750 million per year.

Eight journalists have been kidnapped in a Mexican border city in a two-week span in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere.

A driver crashed his car into at least 20 vehicles while driving at high-speeds during rush hour in Hanoi, causing several injuries.

To many Vietnamese, Pu Dao, a collection of villages in the northwestern province of Lai Chau, offers no touristic lure.

Armed with gas-masks but firefighters still struggled searching for survivors.

The two sides agreed to upgrade Da Nang University to be the Vietnam-UK Public University.

Representatives from twenty businesses from Kansai, Japan paid a three-day visit to HCM City in an effort to seek business opportunities in the country’s largest city.

The stone steles of doctoral candidates in the Le-Mac dynasties (1442-1779) have been recognised as part of the World’s Documentary Heritage.

Linh Lan Construstion Company won a tender thanks to receiving verification from a list of non-existent social insurance holders.