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The rate of overweight children at nursery and primary schools in Ho Chi Minh has sharply increased.

International lenders will press Greece's fractious political parties to give written guarantees that they will back austerity measures.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Beijing would offer its Southeast Asian neighbours $10 billion in infrastructure loans, as he sought to deepen trade ties in the region.

In the new context of national development and global economic changes, the natural resources and environment sector should pay attention to completing policies and laws related to its management.

Eighty Vietnamese and foreign athletes are expected to take part in the Fansipan Mountain Climbing tournament 2011 scheduled for December 17-19.

Female fencers took a gold medal in the foil team event on November 18, bringing the total number of gold medals for Vietnam to 70.

Vietnam should join the growing trend of constructing environmentally-friendly buildings as an important step towards sustainable development, experts said.

The Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opens Friday, throwing a light on the challenges sexual minorities face around Asia.

Anti-drug police from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security have foiled two drug trafficking rings operating between Cambodia and Vietnam.

Vocational schools in Vietnam should combine theoretical instruction with on-the-job training to improve the quality of their services, an overseas Vietnamese expert said.

President of Cerberus Capital Management LP, Professor John Snow, has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in the Doi Moi process.

At a National Assembly discussion held on November 17, many called for the removal of the Draft Law on Demonstrations.

Thailand's worst floods in decades may gradually be subsiding but ripples will be felt by companies and consumers for months to come, analysts say.

Vietnam and South Africa should build mechanisms for greater legislative coordination and sign cooperative agreements between the two national assemblies.

Climate science experts have recommended measures to manage billions of dollars earmarked to help poor countries fight climate change, and avoid problems common among aid programs.

Leaders of the ASEAN inked the Bali Declaration on the ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations, or Bali Concord III, within the framework of the 19 th ASEAN Summit in Indonesia .

Ninety-five foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) have committed 165.5 million USD in aid to Vietnam’s poverty reduction in 2012.

Afghanistan risks falling into civil and regional war if all US and international troops leave as planned by the end of 2014, the conflict-wracked state's former interior minister warned.

Current minimum wage remains too low, failing to meet basic living costs, said NA deputies at a discussion on the Labour Code.