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Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh has called upon Vietnamese in Japan to raise funds to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

Foreigners who are struggling to get their employer to process work permits on their behalf could still face deportation, an official confirmed.

It has been reported that over a thousand pregnant women infected with Rubella have chosen abortion this year because doctors inaccurately thought their babies would suffer from birth defects.

A local official in Vinh Long Province has formed an ‘English club’ where farmers can come together and practice their English.

Police in London arrested dozens of people on Sunday after 26 officers were injured in the city's worst riots in years.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered localities to speed up the national target programme on building new rural areas.

A Califorinia craze has become a post-marriage bargain shop for jewellery and chic label clothes.

The European Central Bank is due to hold emergency talks on whether to start buying Italian debt to contain spreading turmoil on financial markets.

The 13th National Assembly concluded its first session in Hanoi on August 6 with a spirit of democracy and a high sense of responsibility.

Thirty US troops including special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said, in the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war.

The Association of Vietnamese Cambodians in Kongpong Chhnang province held its first congress for the 2011-2014 tenure with the participation of 90 delegates.   

Four traditional handicrafts associated with Hanoians' daily life in the past are reappearing at four addresses in the Old Quarter from August 5.

National Assembly deputies approved a resolution on tax reductions and exemptions for businesses and individuals to boost economic development in 2011.   

Lieutenant General Tran Quang Khue, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received the visiting Vice Admiral Scott Van Buskirk, Commander of the US 7th Fleet. 

After nearly five years of searching, Rodriguez now holds what's believed to be an unprecedented Guatemalan court order. 

The "Desperate Housewives" of Wisteria Lane might want to get their affairs in order.  

Environmentalists reported that pollution has recently worsened in Hanoi, caused by solid and water waste as well as exhaust fumes.

Standard & Poor's has cut the US credit rating for the first time in history.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem needs a professional foreign coach to help him develop to a new level, said an official.