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The US released letters from Osama bin Laden's compound that revealed a divided Al-Qaeda and an anxious leader worried about his network's image among Muslims.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received representatives from the Lao Women’s Union in Hanoi , headed by its President Sisay Leudetmounsone.

Vietnam will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in the agriculture and forestry sectors by 2020, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Two blasts near a police post killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 in Dagestan, the interior ministry said.

Potholes, cracks and other damage have already been recorded at several newly built motorways.

Vietnam's National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi has received its first request from a foreigner to treat epidermolysis bullosa, according to the hospital director Nguyen Thanh Liem.

Snubbing the outdoors for books, video games and TV is the reason up to nine in ten school-leavers in big East Asian cities are near-sighted, says a study published on Friday.

Despite intensive efforts to provide adequate staff for the healthcare sector, supply is still far from meeting demand, said the Deputy Minister of Health.

Only 70% of Hanoi's household waste is collected for treatment, leaving stagnation in most of the capital's rural areas.

The four-day holidays saw popular tourist destinations flooded with holidaymakers regardless of higher services prices than on normal days.

US Treasury Secretary urged China to allow further appreciation of its yuan currency against the dollar.

Campaigning for Egypt's first post-uprising presidential poll was on hold after thugs attacked an anti-military protest, leaving 20 people dead.

The recent hot spell, with temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius, has been raging through several localities in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese and Lao women unions should contribute to consolidating and developing the two countries’ traditional friendship and solidarity.

The PM has ordered local authorities to handle denouncements and complaints from residents to help ensure public order.

A ceremony to mark the 2,556 th birthday of Lord Buddha was held at the Ly Trieu Quoc Su Pagoda in Hanoi on May 2.

Forest fires blamed on the unseasonably hot weather have devastated swathes of forestry and agricultural land across the country.

ECB chiefs gathered under tight security in Spain to discuss whether to provide more money for governments as the political resolve to rein in deficits shows signs of crumbling.

The NA and Government are seeking suitable measures to speed up the development pace of Vung Ang economic zone, affirmed NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.