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The European Union has signed a EUR39.25 million financing agreement for a health policy support programme in Vietnam.

The deforestation and the changing of the living environment are the two main reasons which have led to the extinction of some species.

NASA could choose HCM City to install its third space centre, said an official from NASA.

Top Vietnamese wrestler Nguyen Thi Lua will tussle with Asian counterparts at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualification in Kazakhstan.

With the rapid development of science and technology, printed textbooks will no longer be the main learning material in the 21st century.

International grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been invited to participate in SportAccord World Mind Games 2011.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the San Ho Theatre, at the cost of over $10 million, will be held in Ninh Thuan province on December 10.

The Ministry of Transport has blamed shoddy construction on the rapid deterioration of a 16-km bypass in Ha Tinh City.

Expanding palm-oil plantations in Malaysian Borneo are rapidly eating into the habitat of the rare proboscis monkey, officials warned.

EU leaders were under intense pressure Wednesday to convince markets they can come up with a rapid rescue plan for the eurozone.

World renowned tenor Adrian Ward from the UK will perform Symphony No.9 in D minor Op. 125 together with three Vietnamese singers in Hanoi.

Hanoi’s Keangnam Landmark Tower gained a reputation as one of the most scandal-ridden constructions in the country’s history.

A truck carrying wood overturned early this morning in central Nghe An Province, killing 10 and injuring 4.

A delegation of the Vietnamese NA led by its Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended the ninth Vietnam NA-European Parliament inter-parliamentary meeting in Brussels.

International donors have pledged 7.38 billion USD in official development assistance to Vietnam in 2012.

Twin blasts at Afghan shrines left at least 59 people dead, with most killed in a massive suicide attack in Kabul which ripped through a crowd of worshippers.

Russian riot police arrested hundreds of activists in central Moscow to stop a new protest alleging that elections were rigged in favour of Vladimir Putin's ruling party.

Hanoi authorities have issued an anti-illiteracy and educational development plan which aims to reach national standards on anti-illiteracy.

France and Germany called for Europe's leaders to agree strict rules for fiscal discipline at their summit this week, as Standard and Poor's threatened the region with sweeping ratings downgrades.