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Vietnam Commodity Trading Joint-Stock Co. inaugurated the country’s first commodity exchange in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday

About 100 domestic and foreign contestants are gathering for the annual 3rd round of Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) at Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan.

Mudslides and floods in Brazil have killed at least 270 people as heavy rains caused the floods over the last couple of days.

Lebanon's government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Shiite party Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet.

Delegates to the 11th Congress worked in groups to deliberate and make recommendations to the draft documents.

World agriculture is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday.

The first International Choir Festival & Competition will be held in the ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from March 16-20.

The eighth Asia Media Summit (AMS 8) will be held in Hanoi from May 22-26, 2011.

The European Commission pressed governments to slice deficits and step up tough structural reforms when it kicked off a new era of tighter EU-wide economic governance.

A seminar entitled “Understanding Vietnam: Vietnamese language of French origin – Witness of Ages” opened in the French capital city of Paris on Jan. 11.

A recent survey suggests a large portion of Ho Chi Minh City students have become gaming addicts.

Local authorities have been requested to help farmers keep their livestock safe from unusually cold weather.

A judge ordered Michael Jackson's personal doctor to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly killing the singer with an overdose of powerful sedatives.

A major food hygiene inspection campaign is now underway in Ho Chi Minh City as Tet approaches.

Several banks have raised interest rates for dollar deposits in a bid to consolidate their shares on the mobilization market.

Hanoi’s pedestrian overpasses are plagued with litter problems, dirt and the danger of used hypodermic drug needles.

Party General Secretary stressed that Vietnam would become modern industrial country at the 11th National Party Congress.

The first Vietnam Beer Festival will be held at the Military Zone 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City from January 21.

A couple appeared at the DTiNews/DanTri office to give thanks for the assistance in retrieving their kidnapped son.