The 8th Conference of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor began in Hanoi on Wednesday. Reports delivered at the meeting showed that trade unions at all...
New Year’s greeting cards have been pouring into our office this week. Listeners’ sincere wishes and beautiful postcards are making our office more colorful and joyful in these gloomy winter...
PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasizing the central tasks of 2012, which include economic restructuring, growth model renovation, and rapid, sustainable development. In today’s...
Controlling inflation was the main task of the Vietnamese government in 2011. Despite 18.5% inflation this year, well above the set target of 7%, signs of recovery during...
The funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has begun in Pyongyang in the presence of hundreds of thousands of people. A three-hour long procession started today/ Wednesday at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where...
The 4th National Congress of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association opened in Hanoi on Monday attended by more than 600 delegates
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. The Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni official is accused of being involved in...
PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Tuesday attended the opening ceremony of the 4th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit in Myanmar together with leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China and...
It has been one year since waves of unrest demanding regime change began in North Africa and the Middle East. First triggered in Tunisia, where it was dubbed the ”Arab Spring”, the tsunami of...
Don ca tai tu”, a younger type of Vietnamese traditional music, emerged in the south at the end of the 19th century. Today, southerners appreciate and maintain this art form...
The 17th Conference of the Parties, COP 17 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change began its high-level segment in South Africa on Tuesday. The Vietnamese delegation, led...
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Tuesday began a state visit to Cambodia at the initiation of King Norodom Sihamoni
Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich has begun his first official visit to Vietnam. The visit is expected to create opportunities for both countries to promote bilateral cooperation in various fields including...
People in Con Dao island district in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau hold an annual ritual on the 18th of the 10th lunar month to honor a patriotic female...
Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan has promised to pay more attention to improving tertiary education quality
Every year, when the coldest days of the winter come, Pa Then ethnic people begin to celebrate their mysterious fire dancing festival. The warmth of the fire, the sound of gongs echoing...
Egyptian military rulers have officially begun crisis talks with leaders of political parties across the spectrum, a day after the cabinet submitted its resignation to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)....
Although it has not developed as an occupation village yet, brocade weaving occupation bears cultural characteristics of Vietnam’s Cotu ethnic minority in the Nam Giang district of Quang Nam province....
The 44th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting has opened in Bali, Indonesia
Reducing the area and quality of forests is the main cause for natural disasters that cause great human and property losses