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A meeting to mark the day late President Ho Chi Minh left the nation to seek ways for national salvation was held in HCM City June 5.

News carried on June 5 by several means of communications abroad on “demonstrations protesting China” in Hanoi and HCM City was wrong.

General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, said Vietnam’s defence policies are directed at peace and self-defence.

The damage bill from massive floods which hit northeastern Australia this year will likely be US$7.3 billion, an official said.

The Laos – Vietnam Development Company will engage in civil and industrial construction and other infrastructure projects; agricultural production and farm produce processing

"He often told me how a little amount of beer couldn't harm a strong man like himself," said a crying Nguyen Thi Hong An.

The two ministers met separately on the sidelines of the 10th International Institute for Strategic Studies Asian Security Summit.

It was a monumental project with modest beginnings: a small group of scholars and some index cards.

The road linking Tan Tao - Diem Bridge to the HCM City - Trung Luong Highway is showing visible signs of sinking in places, with large cracks appearing all along its surface.

Vietnam had achieved great progress in reducing poverty and the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by its population, said an expert from the Human Rights Council.

The Dung Quat Economic Zone in the south-central coastal province of Quang Ngai will be expanded from its 10,000 ha to 45,000 ha by 2025.

An outbreak of killer E. coli that has spread to 12 countries and killed 19 people may be linked to a Hamburg festival in May, according to new reports.   

Up to 54% of respondent businesses had increased staff salaries by between 11 and 15% in 2011, a Navigos Search's survey showed.

The former U.S. senator was charged with using $925,000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for president.

The Italian embassy in Vietnam and the Genoa Architects Association held a conference in Hanoi to introduce Genoa’s experience in preserving its old city.

The yellow paddy fields alongside Tam Giang Lagoon in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue provide a visual treat.

Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, a study said.

Cuban artists will perform at the 2011 Sea Festival in Nha Trang from June 11-16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Cabinet to pursue priorities in curbing inflation and stabilising the macro-economy.