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A Vietnamese delegation headed by Assistant to Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh is attending the year’s first ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Indonesia.

Europe is set for a space "revolution" in 2011 when two new types of rocket join its launch pad in French Guiana, European Space Agency boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said.

Australia's flood crisis shifted to the country's far south on Sunday, with 14,000 homes swamped by a record deluge.

As many as 175 official and 25 alternate members will be elected to the Central Committee of the CPV for the 11 th tenure.

Going to an ATM this time of year, you might see ‘systematic errors’ messages, meaning that the machine is out of money.

This year’s flower festival in Ho Chi Minh City hopes to attract many visitors with a rich assortment of blossoms.

After enduring a freezing cold with temperatures in mountainous areas dropping to minus four degrees Celsius, northern Vietnam is to undergo another fresh cold snap.

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.