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The State budget overspending in 2010 stood at VND109.4 trillion (USD5.28 billion), equal to 5.6 percent of GDP, according to the Government’s report.

Over 30 years after the bullets stopped flying in Vietnam, a battle rages to help people still suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, U.S. experts said.

The difficulties in accessing foreign currency have raised the worry that the petroleum supply may be interrupted.

By the end of 2010, more than 1,160 agencies and units in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak had set up ties with villages inhabited by ethnic people.

The United States vetoed a UN resolution branding Israeli settlements illegal, prompting Palestinians to vow to re-evaluate the Middle East peace process.

Afterthe depreciation of the dong by 9.3 percent, the prices of many essential goods such as gas, steel and dairy products have increased sharply.

Northern Quang Ninh province has set up an inspection group to check the safety of tourist boats, starting February 19.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned that putting national interests first will kill off the G20, as ministers met to hammer out common criteria key to ensuring global financial stability.

Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Hu Jintao has invited new Party General Secretary of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong to visit China soon.

The scenery around Sapa is magnificent, but it was the human drama that proved most gripping.

The budget battle embroiling Washington is heating up in US states as newly elected Republican lawmakers move to bust public workers unions and slash services in the face of big deficits.

I am not married. But that answer always leads to endless questions.

HCM City People’s Committee will allow people living in the city without official nationality to become Vietnamese citizens.

Internet cafes across Vietnam are required to close their online-gaming services from 22:00pm to 8am everyday from Mar. 30.

The survivors from a tourist cruise boat that sank in Ha Long Bay in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh were taken to Hanoi on February 18.

Bahraini security forces opened fire Friday on anti-regime protesters in the capital, with reports of up to 55 wounded.

The fifth biennial Sea Festival will be held in Nha Trang City from June 11-15 with the Spratly Archipelago as a key topic.

In the past few days, the Red River’s water has turned into dark blue from its traditional redness.

Facebook began letting over 600 million members indicate whether they are in civil unions or domestic partnerships.