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The Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, is making an official visit to Vietnam from Nov. 7-10 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.

A breakthrough in Greece's political stalemate seemed likely as the opposition leader said a deal on a unity government was possible if PM Papandreou resigns.

A delegation from HCM City led by the Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan has attended the New York City Global Partners Summit.

The nationwide death toll from flooding in Thailand climbed past 500 as the polluted black water continued its march through northern Bangkok.

Smoking is costing Vietnam USD 1 billion and claiming about 40,000 lives every year, according to a new report.

The Vietnamese team failed to score in their match against Myanmar, although it played with one more team member than their opponents from the 59th minute. 

At least 150 people died in a "heinous" wave of gun and bomb attacks in northern Nigeria that were on Saturday claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram sect.

If wine critics want to spend lavishly on the wine they like, leave them to their fun.

The Nutrition Center in Ho Chi Minh City announced that the numbers of diabetic patients were increasing in Vietnam at an average 7 percent a year.

French rapper and jazz artist Kad Achouri will perform at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on November 15.

Italy's Carolina Kostner and Artur Gachinski of Russia grabbed the lead at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup.

An angry mob of people tried to destroy a woman's home who had scammed them out of almost USD5 million.

Forty-five miners trapped underground after a rock blast in a Chinese coal mine were brought to the surface, CCTV state television reported.

The Ministry of Finance announced to use some VND370 trillion to invest in agriculture and rural development in 2012.

Greece was to begin talks on forming an emergency government to drag itself out of political stalemate.

The Hanoi Transportation Department has outlined a plan to build an automatic bus ticket system (Q-Ticket).

Harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels made their biggest ever annual jump in 2010, showed the US Department of Energy's world data.

Vietnam was named as host of the 28th Asian Advertising Congress (AdAsia) in 2013 at AdAsia Congress 2011 in New Delhi , India , on Nov. 2.

The government has decided to uplift the living standards of the people of ethnic minority groups in the central highland region by providing more educational facilities from 2011-2015.