Society

More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalised when a Muslim mob rampaged through the streets over alleged blasphemy this week, the head of Punjab provincial police, Usman Anwar, said Friday.

A railway section project connecting Vietnam's central region and Lao’s capital Vientiane has just been proposed to the Ministry of Transport.

HCM City will consider organising a firework display and a hot-air balloon show on National Day (September 2).

Two elephants at Hanoi’s Thu Le Zoo have been freed from chains following calls from the public and animal rights groups to release the animals.

Three Vietnamese writers Tran Quang Dao, Vo Khac Nghiem, and Vinh Quyen have received the SEA Writers Award, also known as the Southeast Asian Writers Award, at a recemony recently held in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has targeted to complete the restoration of the Da Lat –Thap Cham railway and put it into operation by 2030.

The headquarters of the HCM City People’s Council and People’s Committee will open again to visitors during the coming National Day Holiday on September 1 and 2.

Asian markets mostly fell Friday on growing worries of another Federal Reserve interest rate hike and deepening concerns about China's economy, with the country's property crisis once again adding an extra layer of jeopardy.

As a major coffee exporter to the EU, Vietnam should get prepared for the deforestation law to maintain and expand coffee export to the block, raising the pressing need for digitalization of the value chain.

Markswoman Trinh Thu Vinh officially won a slot at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics after achieving a high result at the 53rd ISSF World Shooting Championships qualifiers in Azerbaijan on August 17.

President of the Senate of Belgium Stephanie D'Hose is scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 21 to 25.

International experts shared experience in public debt management and gave recommendations to Vietnam at a consultation workshop in Hanoi on August 17.

Two elderly Bangladeshi newspaper editors were sentenced in absentia Thursday over a plot to kill the prime minister's son, charges their supporters say were confected to punish them for supporting the country's opposition.

Vietnam is ready to participate in and actively contribute to global and regional multilateral mechanisms, organisations and forums, an official has said.

Two dangerous US suspects with INTERPOL's red notice have been arrested in HCM City and Dak Lak Province as a result of cooperation between Vietnamese and US law enforcement forces.

A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia's central Selangor state on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved a project on sending farmers abroad in order to learn and exchange experience in agricultural product processing, marketing, and selling in foreign markets in the 2023 to 2025 period.

People in the central province of Ha Tinh's Huong Son District are earning good money from catching clams during the summer.

The Ministry of Transport proposed a ban on driving continuously for more than eight hours a day and more than three hours at night in a bid to raise road safety.