Society

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day this year will be greeted with a call for action against the negative impacts of urbanisation.

Authorities in the northern port city of Haiphong have discovered nearly two tons of elephant tusks illegally imported from Kenya.

Police have added additional charges to the couple responsible for the brutal torture and beating of a 14 year-old boy.

In the first of a five part series on Dien Bien Phu, Laura Lam explores the beginnings of big changes in Viet Nam.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has died, an official statement has confirmed.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has requested ministries, agencies and localities to continue with drastic measures to ensure the macroeconomic stability.

The third section of Thu Thiem tunnel has been brought to the site for installation.

Holiday makers had to make a lot of exertion to reach tourist spots or return home and again had to face miserableness to come back to the cities.

In some countries swimming is an extra-curricular activity for children, but in Vietnam it can be key to survival.

The largest cable-stayed bridge in Southeast Asia was covered with rubbish left behind by visitors after a long holiday weekend.

Nha Trang is home to a number of fascinating cultural sites, proving that the city is more than a ‘beach destination’

The HCM City Transport Department has urged local authorities to limit the number of businesses on the city's 115 most crowded streets to curb traffic congestion.

The World Cuisine Festival will be held in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province from July 21-25.

People along the Gulf Coast have spent weeks living with uncertainty, wondering where and when a huge slick of oil might come ashore.

Two accomplices who participated in the unconscionable torture of a 14-year-old boy were arrested on May 4.

The Talent Converging Program 2010 is calling all those with high will-power and passion, encouraging them to try to make their dreams come true.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations presented the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to former Caracas guerrilla Noel Quintero of Venezuela.

A Pakistani-American man was charged with international terrorism in the attempted car bombing of New York's Times Square.

The Government’s roles are to protect good health for its people and to particularly fight back TB disease, said Deputy PM Nhan.