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Vietnam asked China to respect its sovereignty and refrain from wrongful actions to maintain peace in the East Sea.

The German Government has pledged to provide Vietnam with funds of €272 million to implement cooperation programs and projects on energy, vocational training and environment protection.

Many hospitals in HCM City reported profits of hundreds of billions of VND and continue to increase medical fees.

Global oil prices climbed Thursday on the back of geopolitical jitters surrounding Syria, but a rise in US inventories moderated the price gains in US trade.

Sex workers will no longer be taken into education centres from July 1 next year when a new law takes effect.

A performance by Melanine Moore, winner of the US's So You Think You Can Dance 2011, will open the final round of the Vietnamese version of the competition.

Advertisers are not yet accustomed to paying attention to whether newspapers, news sites and social networks they use for ad campaigns infringe any copyrights.

The Swedish Academy announced that it had awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature to Chinese author Mo Yan.

HCMC local authorities are calling for the investment in the project to recycle sludge, which would not only help clean the environment, but also generate useful products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in an aim to stabilise the market and prices, has asked for detailed information about the supply and demand of essential goods in the country.

A man was arrested after he broke into a nursery school and held two children as hostages.

Hanoi People’s Court heard 33 corruption cases involving 91 offenders in the first nine months of this year.

Vietnam aims to extend health insurance coverage to 75 percent of its total population by 2015, and to more than 90 percent by 2020.

An Austrian daredevil hopes to make a new record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space, after his initial launch bid was aborted due to gusting winds.

A young man broke into the 10A kindergarten in Tan Binh District, HCM City this morning, to control two children. Hundreds of police surrounded the kindergarten to rescue kids.

Many companies have been deferring payment to their staff, forcing many of the employees to look for part-time work elsewhere.

Tales of Chewing Gum, Noodle Soup are the intriguing title of an exhibition that brings together rarely seen works by acclaimed artists Nguyen Trung and Hoang Duong Cam.

Labour market-oriented training was a common trend in developed countries across the region and throughout the world that Vietnam needed to follow, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Just days after winning a tough re-election battle, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez named his foreign minister Nicolas Maduro as his new vice president.