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Many pottery and ceramic producers in Dong Nai Province have stopped operating or reduced output due to a lack of export orders and high production costs.

President Francois Hollande told troops in Afghanistan that France will coordinate closely with NATO allies and Afghan authorities about its imminent exit from the war.

Vietnam is still a potential market despite the fact that the underdevelopment of its support industry remains one of the barriers to foreign investors.

The Ministry of Education and Training has stopped the state budget funded programme on sending Vietnamese students abroad.

A toll-free wild animal protection hot line was established by Education for Nature Vietnam to mark International Biodiversity Day.

NA deputies discussed the lax management of state-owned enterprises, which has been the leading cause of corruption.

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to cancel the planned merging of two popular theatres in the north.

A circus from Yunnan province in China will go on tour in Vietnam , giving 23 performances across the country from May 26 to June 30.

As part of a large sea wind power project, two wind turbines have been installed in the sea off southern Bac Lieu Province.

Usain Bolt opens his European track season full of confidence, in top shape and eyeing the ultimate prize - more Olympic medals.

Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry once again requested China to release Vietnamese fishing vessels detained by the neighbouring country, calling it a “serious violation of Vietnamese sovereignty”.

Vote counting was underway in Egypt after two days of polling ended in a landmark presidential election.

The PM requested the Vietnam Bar Federation make more contributions to building a socialist rule of law state, defending justice and citizens’ legitimate rights and opposing hostile forces’ sabotage.

The IFC granted a credit package worth US$25 million to Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank to increase capital accessibility for small-and-medium-sized enterprises.

Iran and six world powers closed two days of intense nuclear talks with little to show except an agreement to meet again next month.

Sex is too sensitive to be taught at K-12 schools, granted a growing number of students falling in love and having sex with each other.

VFF will invite Vietnamese nationals abroad to play for the national U22 squad in preparation for the Asian U22 qualifiers.

Hanoi Taxi Association has made protests over much of the content in the city's plan to tighten control over taxi operations by 2015.

EU leaders vow to keep the debt-wracked country, Greece, in the eurozone as officials prepared for a possible doomsday scenario of exit.