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More than one million foreigners have arrived Hanoi in the first six months this year, up 20 percent from a year ago.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.

People living near Lang Son Province's Bat Cave earn their living by collecting bat guano everyday.

Hanoi will invest up to VND43.36 trillion (USD2.06 billion) to upgrade health centres by 2020 with a vision until 2030.

Travel guide book Lonely Planet recently listed banh mi as one of the most lip-smacking street foods around the world.

A national project to explore and assess the management of sea resources and the environment was able to yield important results, including building centres to cope with oil spills.

Two-time winner Rafael Nadal and British hope Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon second round, but Australia's men slumped to their country's worst performance since 1938.

More than 2,500 women, children and caregivers living with or affected by HIV have received support from a project run by the Netherlands-Vietnam Medical Committee.

Two groups of Vietnamese scientists have won awards in the first round of a US government programme to fund scientific research in developing countries.

Vietnam and the European Union are officially negoting a bilateral free trade agreement.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment experienced a modest increase of 2% during the first half of this year, reaching $5.4 billion, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

British charity Save the Children on Wednesday said it was a "global scandal" that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to pregnancy and childbirth complications.

Hanoi punished 20 officials for violations related to construction management in 2011, said the municipal People’s Committee.

President Barack Obama has allowed the US Export-Import Bank to loan the VNPT US$125.9 million to buy a US-made communications satellite, announced the White House.

Tran Thi Tinh (31) from Lai Vung district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has given birth to four baby girls in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du hospital.

Vietnam requests that China cease the invitation of international bids for 09 oil and gas lots within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

Some 27 million people worldwide are problem drug users, with almost one percent every year dying from narcotics abuse, a UN report showed.

Another major tournament, and another major disappointment for Wayne Rooney.

Turkey's prime minister vowed to retaliate against Syria for its 'heinous' downing of one of its warplanes such attack on one of its members was unacceptable.