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Hand, foot and mouth disease in HCM City developed at an alarming rate, with 143 new cases recorded per week on average, the city Health Department said, calling for more efforts to improve the situation.

The Prime Minister has asked the Transport Ministry to develop the expansion of Highway 1 by late 2016.

Facebook has secured $8 billion ahead of the social network's eagerly-anticipated initial public offering, according to documents provided to US regulators.

The land management authority has vowed to take measures to ensure the efficient use of agricultural land.

The biggest space weather storm in five years is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to disrupt power grids, GPS systems, satellites and airline flights, experts say.

English teacher Vo Trong Phuc and “Dong Thoi Gian” group have become the first finalists in the “Vietnam’s Got Talent” contest.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed that Vietnam was willing to enhance co-operative relations with Ukraine while acting as a bridge for the country to access the ASEAN community.

The cost of broadcasting rights will be raised to VND10 billion per year after a meeting between officials of the AVG, VTV and the VTC yesterday in Hanoi.

The International Monetary Fund's executive board moved toward a fundamental restructuring of voting rights that will give more clout to emerging economies like China and Brazil.

With a total of 347 points in February, the Vietnamese football team has jumped two places to 98th in the FIFA rankings.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a document revising the price of local petroleum products upwards starting at 4pm yesterday.

As many as 10 member countries of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development attended its 5th general assembly in Hanoi.

There is a bigger cave than Son Doong, currently the world’s biggest-ever cave, located on the edge of a mountain chain along the Ho Chi Minh Highway, a British researcher said.

Education and human resource training were among the hot-button issues raised during today's online dialogue with Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

Prof. Ngo Bao Chau has joined a blogger to write a novel, which they call “the novel of maths.”

Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year's CeBIT tech fair, the world's biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy.

Donations of goods and cash worth USD167,865 were granted to to over 4,800 poor households in Dong Thap Province to help them overcome the aftermath of the devastating floods in 2011.

Investigative agencies have carried out nearly 63,000 anti-corruption inspections between 2007 and 2011, according to a report.

The Vietnam national strategy to respond to climate change provides a strong foundation for formulating long-term socioeconomic development plans.