Society

Recent research shows rapid changes have occurred to the bird flu virus (A/H5N1), which could lead to a more deadly, drug-resistant strain of the disease.

Social welfare payments are to be increased by up to 50% for handicapped or people below the poverty line and the safety net has been widened.

The US Congress passed an historic health care overhaul, handing President Barack Obama a landmark win.

A small earthquake struck northern Haiti early Sunday, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three people, a U.N. spokesman said.

The third “Green Sunday” campaign was launched in Phu Tho province on March 21, attracting 3,000 youth union members and students.

Additional regulations concerning the recruitment and management of foreign employees will take effect in July.

The Ministry of Transport will stop registering all Toyota cars from the U.S that are subject to technical errors.

The jacket, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam, is an important work in the first phase of a comprehensive development plan of Chim Sao and Dua Field owned by the Premier Oil Company.

Despite the $5M spent on repairing the Thang Long Bridge, after 3 months of operation, cracks have been found on its surface.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US held a New Year get-together for Vietnamese nationals in Washington DC on March 19.

Recently, video of a vicious beating has led to many questions, especially why nobody stepped in, writes David Cornish.

A team of Vietnamese and French doctors has operated on nine babies suffering from paralysis in their arms.

Thailand was locked in political stalemate Sunday with demonstrators planning a fresh protest with their own blood after refusing talks offered by the government.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet attended a ground-breaking ceremony of a 100 million littre ethanol plant in the southern province of Binh Phuoc

The two countries launched a three-year co-operative project to improve Vietnamese authorities' capacity in battling the illegal drug trade.

President Barack Obama says that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

A solemn ceremony was held at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on Mar. 19 to mark International Francophone Day

Matt Gross, the Frugal Traveler, seeks out high style on a low budget.

Prof. Edward J. Baker became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training.