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Vietnam was likely to be at relatively high risk of earthquakes although the country was not located in the “Ring of Fire”.

HCM City plans to deploy seven projects worth a total $240 million by 2015 to upgrade and expand its water supply network.

The Government has pledged to continue implementation of Resolution 11 into next year with the main goals of curbing inflation.

Rising industrial park foreign investment is turning the page on a positive chapter in Vietnam’s sometimes hard luck investment story.

Famine has spread to a sixth southern Somali region and will likely extend further with 750,000 people at risk of death, the UN has said.

Jacques Chirac's embezzlement trial opens Monday with his lawyers arguing that the French former president is too unwell to attend.

Ho Chi Minh City has made many concerted efforts to protect its historical relic sites.

Ten Vietnamese short films will be screened at Meta House in Phnom Penh in Cambodia this September.

New motor vehicle emission standards have been set by the Government in an effort to mitigate air pollution caused by motor vehicle emissions.

Residents and authorities reported sightings of nearly 30 wild elephants on Saturday in Dak Lak Province's Yok Don National Park.

Japan's Honda Motor is recalling 936,000 cars worldwide, mostly its popular Fit subcompact, the company said Monday.

Room to Read, a non-government organisation, inaugurated libraries at nine primary schools in Yen Son District, Tuyen Quang Province.

Le Quang Liem drew with Cuba's solid Bruzon Batista Lazaro in the 2nd leg of their 3rd round match at the World Chess Cup championship.

Mekong Delta authorities are gearing up to tackle the rising floodwaters from the Mekong River by fortifying their dikes, pumping water out of rice fields.

The head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday said he did not anticipate Europe sliding into recession, instead seeing modest growth.

A herd of more than 30 wild elephants are roaming in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak

A tribute to legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury took center stage at Google in much of the world on Monday in the latest "doodle" merging technology and art.

12 busy Hanoi streets could be divided into separate lanes for automobiles and two-wheeled vehicles in a pilot project to ease traffic congestion, the municipal Department of Transport said.

Ho Chi Minh City is home to hundreds of valuable relics of both cultural and historical importance which today lie in dismal conditions.