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A fifth of 500 residents of a village near Hue have signed up to donate their eyes after death, Nguyen Thanh Kieu, the village chief, says.

The Electricity of Vietnam Group will invest USD39 billion in building another 95 power plants in the next 10 years.

US technology giant Apple said Friday it has filed a lawsuit in South Korea claiming Samsung Electronics copied its products.

The consumer price index in June soared 1.09 percent against last month, according to the General Statistics Office.

The ‘Haima’ typhoon caused flashfloods and a tornado yesterday, which claimed four lives in Yen Bai Province and two more in Hai Phong City.

A photograph of a smirking Billy the Kid, taken outside a New Mexico saloon near to where the famed outlaw was shot dead, could fetch up to $1 million at an auction.

Valofrase, a project promoting French in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, has reaped encouraging outcomes over the past four years.

Alzheimer's disease could cause a global cash crunch in coming generations and must be considered a serious fiscal danger, experts said.

The Government has issued a decree to complete the regulations on the employment and management of foreigners working in Vietnam.

Out of 10 million, nearly 2 million children under six in Vietnam have not been provided with health insurance cards.

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling took her lucrative boy wizard into the digital age, revealing that his adventures will now be sold as e-books.

The second storm to hit Vietnam this year wrecked havoc on several localities, causing human and property losses.

The Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency signed an agreement to help Vietnam build and manage health insurance policies.

Europe pledged Thursday to fix a new bailout for Greece by early July, provided Athens rallies parliamentary support for sweeping new cuts.

The recent Thai rice price hike may prompt importing countries to turn to Vietnam for the food staple, according to industry sources.

Dengue fever has been outbreaking in the Mekong Delta region with six reported deaths in Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Vinh Long Provinces.

AirAsia ordered a record 200 medium-haul Airbus A320neo passenger jets, a deal with a catalogue price of $18.2 billion, both firms said.

HCM City has asked municipal authorities to resolve flooding problems in all inner-city areas as well as parts of other districts.

G20 agricultural ministers reached a consensus on measures to improve food security, a US ofifcial said.