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Pakistani Islamists opposed to the country's anti-terror alliance with Washington announced plans to march on the Afghan border to pressure the government into closing NATO supply routes.

The status of an economic and educational hub does not prevent HCM City from falling into the same trap as other localities: the majority of its English teachers failed last month’s test in the subject they are teaching.

The third festival of Vietnamese culture and tourism got underway in Seoul , the Republic of Korea on July 8 as part of a range of activities marking the 20 th anniversary of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

Eurozone finance ministers meet Monday under pressure to push ahead quickly with measures agreed last month to tackle the debt crisis as market sentiment turns increasingly negative.

The HCMC authority has turned down a project to build an apartment block offering homes measuring just 20 square metres.

Globalgrasshopper, a popular site for international tourists, has listed the top ten must-see destinations in Vietnam.

Four students from England have pedaled their bicycles from Hanoi to HCM City to raise funds to sponsor five poor students through their four years at university in Vietnam.

Vietnamese athletes will face tough competition at the 19th HCM City International Track and Field Championships as countries in the region are sending their best athletes.

Nearly 500,000 students from across the country are taking part in the second phase of tertiary entrance examination on July 9 - 10.

More than 20 tonnes of rare wild animals were returned to their natural habitat by the Forest Management Department of southernmost Ca Mau province at U Minh Ha Vo Doi National Park.

Children's Hospitals numbers 1 and 2 in HCM City have been treating patients more quickly if they are able to pay.

More than 85 percent of reefs in Asia's "Coral Triangle" are directly threatened by human activities such as coastal development, pollution, and overfishing, a new report warned on Monday.

A crippling heat wave that has held large swathes of the US hostage gave way slightly -- but not before leaving dozens dead in several states, officials and local media said.

Bio-Energy team from Hanoi University of Technology won second prize in the Ethanol category at the 2012 Asian Shell Eco-marathon which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The central province of Quang Nam has implemented measures to prevent drought and saline-water intrusion and mitigate damage to rice and other crops.

Many large hospitals have been dealing with 'hospital brokers', who receive the co-operation of workers inside.

The two Party leaders have agreed to promote high-level exchanges, share experiences in socio-economic management and Party building, and expand economic, trade.

Libya's first elections in nearly five decades brought hints of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals.

Vietnam will move to improve its public health system and step up programmes to prevent infectious diseases along with heart attack, cancer and hypertension in the future, a top health official has said.