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Former champions Germany were given an early chance for celebration on Friday after becoming the first team to qualify for the 2012 European Championship finals.

Hanoians are often known for their love of luxury products while Saigonese are renowned for their extravagance.

Thousands of people working and living in HCM City were seen flocking to bus stations to buy tickets to leave the city, for the National Holiday on September 2.

Japan's new prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has named a youthful cabinet lacking the usual political heavyweights.

Vietnam’s export turnover from footwear products in the first eight months of 2011 is estimated at US$4.18 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.2 percent.

World leaders unblocked $15 billion in funds to help Libya's victorious rebels rebuild their shattered country.

Travel agencies are offering tourists a wide variety of short trips and excursions during the three-day national holiday.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has outlined the key task for the remaining months of the year – to continue with a tightened monetary policy while allowing credit for production.

The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and The Nam Hai in Hoi An have been voted as Asia’s best leisure properties for 2011.

After releasing 85 Vietnamese fishermen who had been detained in the Philippine province of Palawan for illegal fishing, the provincial court yesterday set free the remaining 37.

Vietnam's top leaders visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi and laid wreaths to commemorate war martyrs on the occasion of the country's 66th National Day.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada on Aug. 31 held a ceremony to mark the 66 th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has said that the US and Vietnam are working together on a growing array of important issues and the US will continue to be Vietnam’s friend and partner.

The sources of China's stunning economic growth over the past 30 years are beginning to lose their punch, highlighting the need for reforms, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said.

More and more graduates who have finished their studies in other countries are choosing to return to Vietnam and work.

Tarpan horses, a breed that disappeared from the wild in Europe two centuries ago, will soon be reintroduced in Bulgaria, organisers said.

The Chevron Vietnam Company and the Vietnam Children Sponsorship Fund presented 200 scholarships to poor gifted students in Can Tho City.

Vietnam celebrates the 66th anniversary of its National Day with strong determination to speed up national development.

LG Electronics said it has tied up with Philips and Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.