The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha donated VND16.3 billion to poor ethnic people, Agent Orange, flood victims, the elderly and orphans in 2010.
A giant Antonov cargo plane crashed during a training exercise in central Russia, leaving all 12 military pilots aboard the aircraft missing and presumed dead.
Ho Chi Minh City needs more than VND20 trillion (US$1.05 billion) by 2015 to cope with the impacts of climatic change, but authorities have yet to draft action plans.
Prime Minister officially launched the national patriotic role model campaign for 2011-2015 at the closing ceremony of the 8th National Patriotic Emulation Congress yesterday.
Vietnam Television has launched the 2011 Folk Singing Festival to discover new original folk melodies peculiar to each region as well as prominent folk singing voices.
With unfavorable weather reducing fruit harvest by 50-80 percent in the Mekong Delta this season, the prices of many popular fruits are set to rise during Tet.