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On Friday night, a cargo train derailed while running through the Hai Van Nam Station in the central city of Danang, with three carriages overturning.

As many as 63 earthquakes were reported nationwide in October, the Institute of Geophysics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology reported on November 1.

Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives.

Vietnam's central region is facing another spell of heavy rain in the first days of November, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.

The People’s Committee of Song Lo district in the northern province of Vinh Phuc said on October 31 that two large bombs had been safely deactivated by the local military command and sappers.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held talks in Doha, in which they agreed that the bilateral relations will be elevated to a new height.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim in Doha on October 31 as part of his official visit to the Middle Eastern country.

Vietnam is keen to closely co-operate with the United States Government to develop the Vietnam - US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a strong, comprehensive, and stable manner.

Vietnam strongly opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet said.

The Vietnamese customs and police have seized 9.3 kilos of ketamine sent to a man in the central province of Nghe An from Europe.

Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, Dang Hoang Giang, has called on the UN Security Council to intensify efforts to ease tensions and end hostilities in the entire Middle East.

Domestic retail petroleum prices dropped slightly at 3 pm today, October 31, following a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have just approved a VND86-trillion project to develop the Sam Son Urban Area by 2030 with a vision to 2040.

Vietnam calls on the US to immediately end its embargo against and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Two twin boys have drowned after falling into a flooded area in front of their house in the central province of Quang Binh's Le Thuy District early on Thursday morning.

President of the NA of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez will lead a delegation of the NA of People's Power of Cuba to pay a working visit to Vietnam from November 2 to November 3.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has just started a three-day official visit to Qatar at the invitation of his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani.

The coastline spanning nearly two kilometres in the central province of Quang Binh has suffered significant erosion after Storm Trami devastated numerous shrimp farms.