Young people surf the Internet at Yahoo! Coffee Shop which opened three years ago in HCMC. Internet access at coffee shops is replaced by home Internet access when it has grown from 66% in 2008 to 71% last year to become the dominant access point - Photo: Courtesy of Yahoo!HCMC – The proportion of Internet users reading news online in Vietnam jumped to 97% in 2009 as compared to 89% in 2008. Most...

Le Van and his youngest son sit on the bed where his wife’s corpse remained for the last five yearsA grief-stricken widow from central Quang Nam province slept on his wife’s grave for over a year before deciding that they would both be better off indoors and in the bed they shared when they were married.But before that he dug a tunnel into her grave in order to avoid the rain and cold while he embarked...

Vietnamese documentary “The Temple of Literature” will be screened in Hanoi at the International Documentary Week next weekTen documentaries from Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Vietnam will be screened in Hanoi at the second annual International Documentary Week from June 21 to 25.They include “The Giant Buddhas,” “The Temple of Literature,” “In Purgatory,” “The altar of the mother,”...

Five-time World Cup winners Brazil opened their South Africa 2010 campaign with a workmanlike 2-1 win over Asian minnows North Korea on Tuesday.Brazil's defender Maicon (front) celebrates with Robinho after scoring Brazil's first goal against North Korea during their 2010 World Cup group G first round football match at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 2-1.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)Despite...

Hue Festival 2010 kicked off in the central city of Hue on June 5 with a grand, colourful ceremony at Ngo Mon Square and an artistic performance rich of traditional musical genres.A perfomance at the ceremonyPhoto by Dai Duong - DTiNewsFireworks at the ceremonyPhoto by Dai Duong - DTiNewsThe festival began with a dance with flags by more than 100 children and artists, featuring impressively the voyage...