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Ton Nu Thi Ninh, who is an experienced diplomat, said the education renovation process should be started with reforms in education levels.

According to the Asian Green City Index 2011 released on February 14, Hanoi is listed in the group of “under average” cities for the green.

The strongest solar flare in four years disrupted radio communications in southern China, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

There are nearly 150 motorbike repair shops ready to serve on a road of just 4.5 km.

Young Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien has moved up seven places from 241st to 234th in the world ranking this month.

Iran is sending two warships into the eastern Mediterranean, Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Bahraini security forces attacked demonstrators camped out in a square in central Manama square overnight Wednesday, several witnesses told AFP.

Most of the Vietnamese food eaten in California is from the country's southern region.

Five firework teams from the UK, S.Korea, Italy, China and Vietnam will compete in the fourth Danang International Fireworks Competition to be held April 29-30.

Hanoi will invest around VND4.6 trillion (USD220 million) to cut its poverty rate to less than 2 per cent by late 2015 from a current 9.6 percent.

Fourteen people were injured in clashes in the city of Benghazi, a Libyan newspaper said on Wednesday, as the country braced for a "Day of Anger".

Vietnam will build more software parks in the next 10 years to nurture the development of information and communication technology industry.

According to the Asian Green City Index 2011 released on February 14, Hanoi is listed in the group of “under average” cities for the green.

Labour shortages after the Lunar New Year holiday remain a serious problem that Vietnamese businesses have faced for many years.

Tôn Nu Huy Châu, the great-granddaughter of Vietnam's last King, receives her master's degree from Sogang University on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked State economic groups to play the core role in stabilising the country’s macro-economy.

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi will go on trial in April over allegations that he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex and used his status to spring her from police custody, a judge ruled.

On the morning of February 16, gold prices continued the upward trend.

The Asian Development Bank has pledged a loan of USD1 billion for Vietnam's water development programme over the 2011-2020 period.