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The United States is weighing a deal with Egypt's new rulers to relieve $1 billion worth of debt, The New York Times reported.

Nine Vietnamese players brought home 1 gold and 5 bronze medals at the 5th World Cup Woodball Championships in Malaysia.

President Barack Obama told Americans to punt away Mitt Romney's economic game plan, in a new swipe at his Republican rival on the road to this week's Democratic National Convention.

The number of victims of traffic accidents taken to Viet Duc Hospital during the National Day holiday nearly doubled that of normal days.

More than 500 delegates from 150 countries are gathering in Hanoi for the 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change to food security.

Vietnam aims to reduce its birth rate from 2.0 percent in 2010 to 1.9 percent by 2015, according to the national target program on population and family planning.

Vietnam and China hold the third Deputy Minister-level strategic defence talks in Hanoi on September 3.

Kurdish rebels wielding rocket launchers and machine-guns attacked a security base in southeast Turkey, triggering a firefight that left 30 people dead, local officials said.

Inhabitants of An Binh Islet, 30km off the coast of central Quang Ngai province, will now have access to fresh water for the first time in 300 years.

Vietnam ranked 8th among the 50 countries which were most attractive for their software outsourcing in 2011, said the US-based AT Kearney consulting group.

Vietnam’s female chess team has trounced US players in the fifth round of the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

The WWO in coordination with local relevant agencies is carrying out the Rainbow Project to offer help to vulnerable children in HCMC for three years starting from this month.

US President Barack Obama was in the blue-collar heartland of Ohio, seeking to energize his labor union base after accusing Mitt Romney of failing to offer "a single new idea.

Oscar Pistorius was dethroned as young Brazilian stole his Paralympic T44 200m crown with a powerful run, topping a successful night on the track for the South American nation.

Various airlines in Vietnam are working hard to finance their fleet expansion as increasing passenger demand presents a positive outlook for the industry.

The fact that two elephants were killed in the Yok Don National Park has once again raised the worries about the safety of the wild elephants in Vietnam.

Many HCM City businesses are faced with labour shortages while, paradoxically, the city has the highest unemployment rate in the country.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic stormed into the US Open last 16 as Andy Roddick stretched his long goodbye into a prime-time showdown.

One of the founders of the popular file-sharing Pirate Bay website, has been arrested in Cambodia, the local police have announced.