Society

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.

Thousands of poor Vietnamese continue to make their living by using metal detectors to locate unexploded bombs, then sell to metal scrap dealers.

Using an intensive population corn-planting method promises to double productivity compared with traditional methods.

Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane.

Google Inc. reeled in more Internet advertising during the holiday shopping season and approached $2 billion in quarterly profit for the first time.

Toyota announced a second huge recall of vehicles for another problem that could cause the throttle to stick open.

Although the global economic crisis slashed foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam in 2009, the country can regain its momentum of attracting FDI.

Vietnam will be helped to take full advantage of the benefits of trade liberalization and implement its World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments.

Cambodia and Vietnam should boost up their bilateral ties in training, cultural exchanges, music, and sports to meet the desire of two peoples.

Within days, the government will move 400,000 people made homeless by Haiti's epic earthquake to new resettlement areas.

Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the interior affairs sector to speed up its administrative reform.

A high-ranking delegation from Egypt will visit Vietnam on January 25.

Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an AP estimate.

China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery.

Phu Lang, a traditional pottery village in northern Bac Ninh Province creates pieces that capture the heart and soul of Vietnam.