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Companies in HCM City will need 87,000 employees in the second quarter, an increase of 10 percent over the first quarter.

Novak Djokovic has done it again, defeating world number one Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to win the ATP Miami Masters crown.

An European Union-funded pilot community-based training for economic empowerment programme has taken root in central Ha Tinh province.

Dozens of poor citizens in southern Ca Mau province have been cheated out millions of VND by a labour export firm.

Twenty three bronze drums have been presented to the Hung Temple National Historical Relic in Phu Tho Province.

Japanese business confidence is set to plunge in the months following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, the Bank of Japan said.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta are strengthening measures to prevent fires in thousands of ha of forests that have dried up.

The Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva , Switzerland on April 2 met with overseas Vietnamese.  

The French army took over Ivory Coast's main airport on Sunday as recognised leader Alassane Ouattara came under fire for a massacre in the west. 

The French dubbed this underrated part of north central Vietnam the "Halong Bay on dry land".

Vietnamese businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, have relied primarily on outsourcing work which is not suitable for the US market.

The Sea and Island Week 2011 will take place in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province from June 6-8. 

Three nights of short films is being organized in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City from April 1 to 9 by the French Cultural Center and Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation in Vietnam. 

Central Phu Yen province with its pure environment and pristine natural scenery will be a popular destination for Russian tourists, said a Russian diplomat.

Heavy artillery fire and explosions shook central Abidjan, as rival forces were accused of massacring hundreds in western Ivory Coast.

Toyota Vietnam on Friday admitted that there were technical problems with nearly 9,000 cars of the Innova model, but said a recall would not be necessary.

A new five-floor Pizza Hut on Huynh Thuc Khang Street in Hanoi's Dong Da District collapsed into rubble at 4pm yesterday afternoon.

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages over a page on the social network.

FPT are hosting performances and releasing an album with songs by the late composer Trinh Cong Son to raise money for children suffering from the effects of Agent Orange.