Society

Hanoi’s industrial production value has reached VND 7,368 billion in January, posting a year-on-year rise of 16.3% against the same period last year.

Outstanding individuals gathered at a talk in Hanoi to share experience in studying and following the late President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.

Businesses in the Vietnam Food Association have signed contracts to export 2.6 million tonnes of rice.

Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the UN said Saturday.

As Lunar New Year approaches, contraband is at it's highest around provincial borders.

Perhaps we should start calling Sixth Avenue “the de-sandwiched zone” (DSZ).

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.