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Authorities in the northern city of Hai Phong are searching for seven missing crew memebers after the Vietnamese-flagged cargo-ship Hoang Thinh 8 capsized off the province.

At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China.

Restriction and applications of many fees would affect production and business activities of people, said an expert.

The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright accused VTV of not getting permission or paying royalties for foreign songs broadcast on the channel.

The Prime Minister has approved to spend VND7.4 trillion (USD354 million) to restore thousands of national heritage sites by 2015.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem scored an impressive victory over England’s number one player Michael Adams in the ninth round of the 2012 World Chess Olympiad, earning a final 3 – 1 win for the national men’s team.

A volunteer barber group from the Youth Union of Hau Giang Province’s Dong Phuoc Commune has been giving free haircuts to poor people and students over the last two years.

The restructuring of Vietnam's agriculture sector to become more adaptable to climate change is one of the top priorities in the country's socio-economic development plan, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said.

President Barack Obama asked Americans for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney’s proposals to restore growth.

Fourth seed David Ferrer reached his second US Open semi-final after a quite brilliant five-set tussle against Janko Tipsarevic at Flushing Meadows.

Despite the great efforts by the city’s authorities to build water supply plants, the Hanoians’ thirst for clean water has not been eased.

The Asian Development Bank will provide a $40-million loan to help Vietnam improve its oriented-market micro-finance sector under the Microfinance Development Programme.

The heavy rains on September 5 and 6 caused flooding in many areas of the central region and killed at least five people.

Archaeologists in the north-eastern province of Ha Giang stumbled across caves thought to have housed humans 20,000 years ago.

The MoF proposed that the temporary import for re-export of oil and petrol transported by sea be banned in an effort to prevent enterprises from seeking illegal profits.

As many as 7,024 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, killing 6,128 people and injuring 5,102 others.

French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to decorate former Beatle Paul McCartney with a Legion of Honour award.

Despite the strict regulations, minerals still have been illegally exploited and exported every day in the southern province of Binh Duong.

With 352 points, FIFA-accredited referee Vo Quang Vinh won the 2012 Golden Whistle award for the year's best referee, the Vietnam Football Federation announced.