Society

The Charitable Golf Tournament – Swing for the kids - aimed to raise funds for children concluded at the Van Tri Golf Course in Hanoi.

Urban farming is a growth industry in New York city's concrete jungle, and with little open land free agriculturalists and beekeepers have taken to the rooftops to pursue their passion.

Many companies say they can’t recruit enough workers and laborers refuse to work due to the low salary.

Construction of HCM City's first tramway between Mien Tay Coach station an the downtown area will start in August.

Foreign visitors to Vietnam in August and September would receive free visa, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Thailand's embattled premier vowed to clear Bangkok's commercial heart of anti-government Red Shirt protesters.

PM Dung’s week-long trip to the Shanghai World Expo ’10 and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is expected to create a host of opportunities for the two countries.

The ASEAN Youth Camp kicked off in Hanoi on April 24 with the participation of 11 delegations from ASEAN member countries and its partners.

Inspired by Clarkson and co, Jade Bilowol and Brett Davis hit Vietnam on vintage Vespas.

A 20 year old woman from France finds herself deeply passionate about the art of lacquer in Hue.

The consumer price index (CPI) in April has gone up only 0.14% over the previous month, lower than expectation.

Cable-stayed Can Tho bridge, which has the longest main span in Southeast Asia, opened after nearly 6 years of construction.

The Ministry of Information and Trade is working with the EC to remove barriers that face Vietnamese businesses when exporting their products to the EU.

Aviation-tourism cooperation is a vital path for the two sectors’ development, benefiting the country, said General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation has taken essential measures to ease power shortage in this dry season, the Corp’s head said.

Vietnam has requested that the World Trade Organisation’s Dispute Settlement Body establish a panel on the US anti-dumping measures on certain shrimp from Vietnam.

State President and many other top officials burned incense to commemorate Hung Kings in Phu Tho Province.

Minister of National Defence and General Phung Quang Thanh is on an official friendship visit to China from April 21-28 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Liang Guang Lie.

USA and Japan are considered to be huge potential markets for Vietnamese fruits although they are currently only dragon fruit clients.