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A Vietnamese company is to invest $1.2 billion in the development project of Darkhovin oilfield, said an Iranian official.

The “Miss Spring 2011” beauty contest organised by the Vietnam Students’ Association in France took place in Paris on February 12.

Switzerland voted Sunday on whether to abolish its long-standing tradition of letting citizens keep army-issued weapons at home.

Five fishermen from the Philippines rescued by their Vietnamese counterparts on the East Sea have been staying in Tuy Hoa City and are ready to return home now.

Egypt's new military leadership vowed to pave the way for democracy and abide by its peace treaty with Israel.

Motorists risk death when they traverse any of the 24 deteriorating road and rail bridges recently identified by the Ministry of Transport as extremely dangerous.

The villiage of Duong Lam has been recognised with the title “Ancient Village”, but, ironically, the residents are not happy.

At least 30 people died in a staggering surge in drug-related violent crime in Mexico rocking the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara, and the northern state of Chihuahua.

Up to 3,300 extra seats have been added each week for passengers travelling between Australia and Vietnam.

Nineteen people, including 15 police and an intelligence agent, died in a string of devastating attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar claimed by the Taliban.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has highly appreciated the practical contributions to the national development by the young Vietnamese business community.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni is currently recording her fourth album in Paris and not as reported in Los Angeles, her agent said.

Robusta coffee prices in London are attracting sales offers from Vietnam, the world’s largest grower, coffee brokerage Eugen Atte GmbH said.

The 38th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will focus on making suggestions for the preparation of review reports for the NA’s 2007-2011 period.

Vietnam has achieved the United Nations Millenium Development Goals in 2010, said Vietnam’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN.

Despite its highly endangered terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, Vietnam makes a significant contribution to this biological diversity.

A powerful earthquake struck Friday off the coast of Chile, throwing a scare into residents nearly a year after a temblor and tsunami in the same region.

The list of the American architecture firms now building in Vietnam reads like a veritable Who's Who of the design world.

On February 10 Vietnam handed over the Sekaman hydro-power project No. 1 to Laos for a duration of 30 years.