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Fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken was ordered to pay $8.3 million to an Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was paralysed after eating a chicken wrap.

NA deputies are continuing to debate a plan to hold an annual vote of confidence in senior officials to improve accountability.

Hanoi is hosting a programme called ‘Sac Mau Tay Bac’ or Northwestern Colours from April 26-28.

Many Chinese pickled and dried plums, recently detected by their home authorities as containing cancer-causing additives and chemicals, are being sold in HCMC’s markets.

Vietnamese and German experts gathered in Hanoi to share experience in human resource training and waste treatment in Vietnam.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment hit $3.61 billion in the first four months of this year, up 0.3% against same period last year, according to Foreign Investment Agency.

While buying vegetables from farmers at very cheap prices, traders turn profits by driving up retail prices as much as five-fold.

Users of motorised vehicles will have to pay a road maintenance fee from June 1 this year under Governmental Decree No 18.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine will this weekend mark a triumphant first year of marriage as a hopeful nation waits for news they are expecting a royal heir.

Developers of an outdoor nude bathing activity in China are worrying that their tourist attraction may be short-lived following an explosive backlash from the media and public.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+) in Cambodia.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Huynh Dam has congratulated local Buddhists on the occasion of Buddha’s birth anniversary.

A suicide attack at the Abuja bureau of a top Nigerian newspaper and an attempted car bombing at another of its offices killed nine people.

While the government is considering raising wages for civil servants, savings will be made by reducing the size of the workforce.

Despite two new overpasses opening in Hanoi, traffic congestion has remained just as bad in the surrounding areas.

After many years living abroad, Thuy Van and Tuan Hung, famous dancers of the community of overseas Vietnamese, will organize their first show in Vietnam at Tieng Xua night club, HCM City.

Electrical short-circuits were the main cause of vehicle fires over the past two years, a public meeting was told this morning.

Hanoi’s Vice Chairman has proposed that the Ministries of Justice and Transport increase penalties for traffic violations.

Tran Le Quoc Toan is on the verge of grasping an Olympic ticket after he won the silver medal at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea.