Prolific British actor Malcolm McDowell received the 2,465th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, capping an acting career which spans more than four decades and 150-strong film and television credits.

A key piece of legislation is proving a major roadblock for high-tech investors in Vietnam.

Fifteen universities nationwide have received a dispatch from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), which requests the schools to cancel the recognition for matriculation of thousands of MA course students.

Children with heavy school bags are facing a higher risk of back pain, a latest study revealed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dancing with the Stars, Clash of the Choirs, Vietnam’s Got Talent and Vietnam’s Next Top Model are among reality shows on the national television system Vietnam Television or VTV.

HCM City's annual book festival opens today at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the deadly multiple bomb attacks in Damascus and called for an immediate end to all violence.

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The Muong ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Hòa Bình persist in preserving unique traditional values of both tangible and intangible heritage.

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell slightly Friday, under pressure from an Indian proposal to double the country's import duties on gold.

There would be enough power to meet demand during this year's dry season from January to June thanks to added power generation sources, said a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nam Hai.

Deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Tran Tuan Anh tells how petrol prices and supply sources rising tension in the world could impact on local firms’ performances.

The total trade gap in the first two months of the year reached 628 million dollars, or 4.1 percent of the export turnover.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Geophysics has forecast that this year Vietnam will be impacted by around 45 geomagnetic storms, with the intensity up to the highest level (G5).

Experts have said Viet Nam should enhance revenues from additional sources as revenue from oil, a significant contributor to the State budget, is expected to decline over the next several years.

Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has refused to employ international referees for the V-League 2012 after a series of mistakes local referees made in the beginning of this season.

Vietnam’s online training market will develop strongly in the next one or two years due to an increasing number of Internet users and the uptrend in attending online courses, experts in the education sector forecast.

Though having spent big sums of money of the state budget, relevant agencies have not done much to ease the water pollution and reduce the water loss level.

The Ministry of Construction is considering the establishment of a housing development fund to help low-income earners become home owners.

President of the Republic of Chile Sebastian Pinera Echenique will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from March 21-25.