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Ta Tung Tu Temple, in the complex of King Minh Mang’s tomb at Hue relic site, will be restored through a project which began on August 11.

Two Japanese partners have agreed to provide credit worth USD95 million for investment into the Vung Ang No. 1 thermo electric power plant.

The Military team successfully defended their title at the 17th National Youth Karatedo Championships, which concluded in Can Tho City.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu led a Vietnamese delegation to the 43rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Indonesia.

Canada and Honduras have signed a free trade agreement as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper concluded his tour of Latin America.

Although affirming the stable ratings on Vietnam’s debt payment ability, the international credit rating agency Fitch warned that it would downgrade the country if current uncertainties continue.

Teachers and school management staffs in HCM City are being trained on ways to prevent the spread of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease as the new school year opens.

Four Utah State University graduate students and two professors recently spent a month in Vietnam training teachers to work with hearing-impaired children.

Hanoi's traffic police have begun a blitz to crack down on illegally parked cars.

The Canadian smart phone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) entered the Vietnam phone market last month, following cooperative agreements with the country’s largest network operators.

State President Truong Tan Sang noted that Hanoi and Vientiane played an important role in realising cooperative ideas set by the high-ranking leaders of Vietnam and Laos.

US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed progress towards a security handover from US to Afghan forces by 2014, the White House said.

Tourism and government officials have called for increased efforts aimed at diversifying Hanoi's tourism industry.

A famous YouTube clip of two policemen fighting in HCM City has now been hilariously turned into two “Star Wars” masters fighting each other with lightsabers.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam will donate USD250,000 to fund the construction and upgrading primary schools in poor rural areas of the country.

A project plan for Vietnam's largest international airport, approved by the Prime Minister on June 14, was made public in Dong Nai Province today.

Police in London said Friday they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital.

Nearly 100 literary works and newspapers published during the New Poetry movement in the 1930s is being displayed in HCM City.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the British Embassy held a ceremony to mark the UK’s financial support for a project to review Vietnam’s business laws.