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The Ha Long-Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2012 will be held from April 24 through May 2, announced by the authorities of Quang Ninh province.

The Department of Industry and Trade in HCM City said that 48 businesses will take part in four price subsidised programmes from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in an international football tournament in Palestine in May.

Moscow condemned a US court's sentencing of Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout as "baseless and biased" and said it would do all it could to ensure his return home.

A random nationwide sample of pork detected that 4.4% of the nation's pork contained forbidden lean-meat additives which could lead to cardiovascular complications in humans, an agency said.

The city would reserve land and funding for future development schemes, including those for hospitals and schools, stated Municipal People's Committee Chairman Nguyen The Thao.

The Ho Chi Minh City Goods Transport Association has asked the Prime Minister to reconsider the road maintenance fee, which the organisation says is unaffordable and unfair.

Hundreds of small traders in Hue City's night market were asked to halt their business to facilitate Hue Festival 2012.

Google co-founder Larry Page said his first year back at the company's helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets.

President Truong Tan Sang emphasised that Vietnam ’s leaders will always create favorable conditions for oil and gas entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Russia to boost cooperation.

A shipment of 20 stolen luxury cars, including a $200,000 Ferrari, was seized by Customs and Border Protection officials before they could be shipped off to Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of developing multifaceted cooperation with Romania for mutual benefits.

The programme “Connecting the Hearts” was held in New York to raise fund and call for assistance to children with heart disease in Vietnam .

While the health sector is making efforts to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease, some nurseries have tried to conceal infections.

A UN team sent by peace broker Kofi Annan arrived in Syria to pave the way for observers, as the Security Council backed an April 10 deadline for the regime to end its deadly crackdown.

Teen murderer Le Van Luyen and similar cases are the evidences for law-making agencies to amend the law, an expert has said.

The practice of giving and taking bribes among businesses and civil authority organs has become an alarmingly common phenomenon, a recent survey shows.

The Ministry of Transport has fixed its rates for a road maintenance fee in a draft circular forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for approval.

This famous French-Canadian pop punk band from Montreal, Canada will join the free concert MTV Exit at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on May 26.