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The heads of BP and Russian oil firm Rosneft announced an "historic" deal to swap shares in a joint venture to exploit the vast untouched energy resources of the Arctic.

More than 10 dance sport duos will perform in the first-ever “Vietnam dance sport stars festival”, to be held at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Hanoi.

ISP Netdirekt is blamed for causing the Distributed Denial of Service attack aimed at popular newswire VietnamNet.

The sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the key to Vietnam’s revolutionary victories.

More than 100 Hindu devotees were killed after a road accident triggered a stampede among thousands of pilgrims returning from an Indian religious festival.

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have uncovered a new case of A/H5N1, after months of believing the disease was under control.

A Party member affirmed the value of international integration to serve the country’s development.

Pope Benedict XVI Thursday appointed Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli as a non-resident representative to Vietnam.

Delegates continued to deliver presentations at the 11 th National Party Congress on January 14.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has sent a proposal to state president of offering gifts worth cost VND309 billion to revolutionary families during the Lunar New Year.

The swamped Australian city of Brisbane began the heartbreaking task of cleaning up after its worst floods in decades, as searchers made the grisly discovery of another body.

The 2011 Spring Press Festival will be held at the Youth Culture House in District 1, HCM City on January 20-21.

The trade of liquor, beer, dried foods, garments, fabrics, cosmetics, and cigarettes, mostly smuggled from China, has become hotter in Ho Chi Minh City as Tet is coming.

The State Audit of Vietnam and the Society of Certified Practising Accountants of Australia on Jan. 13 signed a cooperative agreement in Hanoi.

US computer chip giant Intel posted its best earnings ever in 2010 as businesses beefed up data centers to handle services increasingly shifting to the Internet "cloud."

European scientists have found a way to genetically modify chickens so that they don't transmit bird flu.

Vietnam, Cambodia and Denmark on January 13 signed a contract to produce a new set of maps of the national border between Vietnam and Cambodia. ,

Japan's top three automakers Toyota, Honda and Nissan have united with Japanese energy firms in a push to commercialise greener hydrogen fuel cell cars.

The 10th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting and the 11th ASEAN Telecommunications Senior Officials Meeting opened in Malaysia.