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Authorities in Hanoi officially submitted a plan to amend office and school hours to the Government for approval.

Silvio Berlusconi said he will stand down as Italian prime minister once key reforms aimed at calming market turmoil are adopted this month, after his coalition lost its majority in parliament.

The Republic of Korea considers Vietnam an important partner in the region and one of its key partners in its policy of supplying official development assistance.

Having hundreds of essential rail routes along the North-South backbone, Vietnam still cannot persuade travellers to choose railway services.

A National Assembly official has explained how tax collection increases in the time which is considered the most difficult period for businesses.

Serious environmental pollution shrank the average lifespan of residents in trade villages and economic zones by 10 years, an agency said.

Overloaded kindergartens, teacher shortages, industrial parks without kindergartens in HCM City were highlighted during a recent TV talkshow.

A ceremony to launch tours of Viet Bac heritage sites was held in Bac Kan Province on November 7 with a special art performances.

Malaysian Tourism Minister Dato Sri DR. Ng Yen Yen suggested launching helicopter tourism services in Ha Long Bay.

Vietnam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is looking to win gold at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.

Italy was in the eye of the eurozone crisis on Tuesday with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi facing a knife-edge vote.

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty over the King of Pop's 2009 death, triggering an explosion of joy from his family and fans.

Recent flooding left 15 dead in the central region of Vietnam, including ten in Quang Nam Province alone.

Increased security has been enforced at the National Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynaec-ology where a two-day-old baby disappeared last week.

There was a recent meeting in Nghe An to address the problem of "dog theft".

Australia's upper house passed a controversial pollution tax Tuesday in what the government called a "history-making vote".

Google Inc's YouTube and Walt Disney Co's interactive arm have formed a partnership to bring videos geared toward families to the Web.

A grand meeting was held in Hanoi on Nov. 7 to celebrate the 30 th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Estonian counterpart Andrus Ansip have agreed on specific measures to promote friendly and cooperative relations in various fields.