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A small ferry carrying around 35 passengers in Nui Thanh district in central Vietnam’s Quang Nam province sank early this morning, killing one pregnant woman.

The 8th General Conference of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific is being held to discuss traditional and non-traditional threats and challenges to peace and stability in the Asia- Pacific region.

Four more gold medals were obtained at the ongoing 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia on November 20.

Three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating Cambodia's "killing fields" face a court as a U.N.-backed tribunal begins their trials.

Moamer Kadhafi's spymaster Abdullah Senussi was arrested on Sunday, Libyan officials announced and said that the dead dictator's son captured the previous day would face trial in Libya.

The Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee has approved a VND20 billion project to provide free wireless internet services in the town of Hoi An.

Two people were killed and hundreds injured in Egypt as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in a violent countdown to the first elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

State leaders greeted all teachers across the country on the occasion of Vietnam Teacher’s Day (November 20) and made special visits to homes of senior teachers.

Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay has been named among the world's new seven wonders of nature, according to an international survey.

A socioeconomic development planning scheme for Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province's Con Dao island district by 2030 was approved with tourism being key economic sector.

Seven needles made of animal bones dating back 6,000 years were recently unearthed from Tham Trong cave in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

Vietnam has made important contributions to implementing ASEAN priorities, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has been captured after a three-month manhunt and will be given a "fair trial", Libya's interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib announced on Saturday.

It is easy to buy theses these days. One just can search on the Internet and contact the sellers at the addresses given in the ad pieces.

The first ever show featuring traditional costumes of 54 ethnic groups from all over the country will be held in Hanoi's Son Tay from November 25-28.

Foreign express enterprises are not ready to set up wholly foreign-owned businesses in Vietnam.

Danish crown prince Frederik will pay a visit to Vietnam later this month and ride around Hanoi’s iconic Hoan Kiem Lake.

Former chairman and general director of Vietnam's troubled shipbuilder Vinashin, Pham Thanh Binh, is finally facing prosecution, an agency said.

Occupy Wall Street claimed victory Friday after a "historic day" of action drew tens of thousands of protesters onto streets worldwide and breathed life into the embattled movement.