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Standard Chartered has settled allegations that it helped Iranian clients dodge US sanctions, announcing a fine of $340 million from a New York banking watchdog.

A record number of people will sing and dance together in the name of peace and love at My Dinh Stadium Square on October 7 for a programme called Hay Cung Hat Vang (Let's Sing Along).

The preservation of animals seized from illegal wildlife trading cases has remained substandard, leading to significant waste, experts have said.

Suicide rates can rise by between eight and 15 percent in times of economic hardship, according to studies that separately probed the effects of Europe's economic crisis and of droughts in Australia.

Dinh Quang Tuyen from the Hanoi University of Technology was announced as the winner of the 2012 Asia Pacific UniSim Design Student Challenge at the Honeywell Users Group Asia-Pacific Symposium.

Machine learning has become in fashion among the well-off families in big cities in Vietnam. However, educators have warned that the learning machine abuse would do more harm than good.

Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will defend his title at the Viet Nam Open-Yonex Sunrise Cup which starts on August 20 in HCM City.

A feud over past and future energy fueled increasing bitterness in the fight between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday as both mined for votes in swing states.

The European economy shrank over the past three months as slowing German growth and moribund conditions in France pushed the struggling region to the doorstep of recession.

Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other hazards.

The number of smart phone users in Vietnam is expected to rise to 21 percent from the current 16 percent of mobilephone users by this year’s end.

After five years of implementation, Resolution 08-NQ/TW has brought about great and practical results, significantly contributing to the country’s common achievements.

National air carrier Vietnam Airlines said it would miss its business targets for this year due to increased competition from other carriers in the domestic market.

Flooding caused by heavy rains in central Nigeria has killed at least 28 people, with many others still missing, while also destroying homes, bridges and farmland.

Sea water is eroding land and causing landslides on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang.

The Vietnam Writers' Association will launch a translation centre next month to help promote Vietnamese literature abroad.

The Bac Kan-based Hoa Tu Long Industry Company officially put the medical waste incinerator into operation. This is the first high-tech incinerator made in Vietnam.

Maintaining and developing the Vietnamese language amongst Vietnamese communities abroad is one of the major concerns of the Party and State.

Vietnam has surpassed Brazil to become the world’s largest coffee exporter, according to statistics recently released by the International Coffee Organization (ICO).