A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia Saturday, sparking a tsunami warning and causing panicked people to flee their homes.
The Management Board of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has announced that they are taking care of six endangered animals seized from the illegal trade in wildlife in the central province of Quang Binh.
Early detection could have a good survival rate for up to 40 percent of cancer patients, heard a national childhood cancer conference in Hanoi on November 13.
The UK's second biggest-selling daily newspaper Daily Mail has named Water Villa 5 of five-star resort Six Senses Con Dao in Ninh Van Bay as the most romantic bedroom in the world.
Vietnam values its co-operation on training and education with international partners, including the European Union, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga said in his speech at the EU–Vietnam higher education policy forum in Hanoi.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told Chairman of the Management Board of Russia’s Gazprom Neft Company A. Dyukov that Vietnam always backs cooperation between the firm and PetroVietnam for mutual benefit.
At least 15 taxi companies in Hanoi have announced cuts in fees of between VND200 and VND800 per kilometre, according to a report from the Hanoi Department of Finance.
Pope Francis will host a luncheon for Filipino survivors of the deadly Typhoon Haiyan during his Jan. 12-19 visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, his second visit to Asia in a year that confirms the region is a
The multi-billion US dollar Long Thanh Airport project in southern Dong Nai province was the focus of discussion at the National Assembly on the afternoon of November 14.
The world's tallest and shortest men met on Thursday (Nov 13) as people across the globe tried to break all manner of weird and wacky world records to celebrate the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day.
The Vietnam national team bagged two silver and six bronze medals on November 14, ranking tenth in the Jujitsu event on the first competition day of the 2014 Asian Beach Games (ABG) in Phuket, Thailand.
Taiwan remained the top market for Vietnamese workers during the first 10 months of this year, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The G20 leaders summit in Australia starting on Saturday is setting up as a showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine.
The People's Court in the central province of Khanh Hoa on November 13 sentenced four people to prison terms of 15 to 22 years in the corruption case involving the repair of floating dock 83M of the Vietnam National
DHL, the world’s leading cross-border express services provider on November 13 announced the launch of a new intra-Asia air route which connects the key economies of Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong with flights through big cities such as Hanoi,
More than 70 per cent of traffic accidents in Vietnam involve motorbikes, according to the vice-chairman of the National Steering Committee on Traffic Safety, Khuat Viet Hung.