Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan on Monday, November 28, 2011 received Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth, who are on an official visit to Vietnam to mark the 40th anniversary...
The upper house of the Russian parliament has set the date of next year's presidential elections as March 4, 2012
Every morning, scores of people of all ages gather at Hoan Kiem Lake to do physical exercise that looks like child’s play. Forming lines or circles, they wave, clap their hands,...
More than 70% of the Vietnamese population is living in rural areas, where rice cultivation is a main source of income. But the total agricultural land acreage is only 10 million...
Deputies at the on-going National Assembly on Wednesday, 16 November 2011 discussed the draft law on prevention and the fight against tobacco in a plenary session. The majority of them proposed for an increase in taxes and fees,...
The central coastal area has been known as home to the Cham ethnic people, who have created a strong Cham culture over the years. Times flies, its cultural values remain unique...
The Government Inspectorate today/Monday held a workshop on impacts of dialogues on anti corruption in Vietnam. The participants stressed the importance of strengthening capacity and effective tools and increasing information transparency to evaluate the corruption...
President pro Tempore of the California State Senate, Darrell Steinberg met National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh in Hanoi Monday
A draft law on advertising topped the National Assembly’s discussion on Monday. As advertising is a strong economic sector with revenue of 10 billion USD annually, the deputies suggested the Ministry of Information and Communication to take over the task from the Ministry...
Ma Chau village in the central province of Quang Nam has long been famous for its traditional crafts of growing mullberries and weaving silk. The trade, once the village’s major...