The Construction Minister submitted a USD57.14 million project to construct flood-resistant houses in low-income areas.

The Construction Ministry's draft decree requires a housing project to reserve 70% of its area for small and medium-sized apartments.

A US-funded project on strengthening disaster prevention and adaptation capacity for the most vulnerable central coastal area of Vietnam was launched.

Twenty percent of teachers do not master the skills for using teaching aids, while only 49 percent of students can do experiments in groups sometimes.

The Australian government has said it plans to establish the world's biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea, a biodiversity hotspot brimming with life.

Japan's former two-time world champion Mao Asada will bid to seal her ISU Grand Prix finals' place at the Cup of Russia - the sixth and the last event of the series.

The Ministry of Transport has suspended the operations of two taxi firms during spot-checks on four companies in Hanoi.

Promoters and performers alike are attempting to avoid paying copyright fees, an official said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced that state-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group lost VND10.162 trillion in 2010.

A US Congress "supercommittee" has failed to reach a deal to rein in the government's galloping deficits due to angry partisan battles over how best to revive the nation's sluggish economy.

A symphony orchestra attracted great attention of music lovers with their first performance at Hanoi’s Ly Thai To garden.

Despite the central bank having extended credit policies for real estate, house buyers are still struggling to access mortgage loans.

Ninety-five foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) have committed 165.5 million USD in aid to Vietnam’s poverty reduction in 2012.

President Barack Obama signalled a pivotal US shift to Asia, pledging not to let Washington's budget crunch compromise his expansive vision in the region.

Vietnam and Switzerland will create favourable conditions for their enterprises to increase cooperative exchanges investments.

Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop.

US President Barack Obama was due in Australia Wednesday on a twice-postponed mission to update a 60-year-old security alliance for a new century marked by the rise of China.

Nineteen people, 17 of them children, were killed in a collision between an overloaded school bus and a truck in northwestern China on Wednesday, local authorities and state media said.

Russia on Monday successfully launched three astronauts for the International Space Station

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned of upcoming challenges in finding industrial export contracts in key export markets.

Rescuers were racing against the clock Monday to save two huge sperm whales, the Parks and Wildlife Service said.

The conservation of Dong Ho Lake is one of several important objectives that Kien Giang Province will implement in the following years.