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South Korea confirmed three new cases of bird flu as the outbreak that began further hits farmers who are battling the nation's worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

The Ben Tre Provincial People’s Committee on January 9 delivered 333 houses to local poor families.

Authorities in the central Nghe An Province are trying to persuade a local fisherman to release a giant endangered green turtle he caught last Monday back into the sea.

A festival for young people to donate blood was held in 13 cities and provinces nationwide on January 9, attracting over 150,000 young people.

China's famed Shaolin Temple has set up over 40 companies overseas as it hopes to spread Buddhist-inspired martial arts around the globe, state press reported.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will open on Jan. 2, discussing important issues and electing the Central Committee for 11 th tenure.

The number of violations of environmental law increased by 43 per cent in 2010 compared to 2009, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Slick touchscreen tablet computers and smarter devices for the home and the car took center stage as the Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up on Sunday.

More than 100 domestic and foreign professors, researchers and scholars gathered at an international seminar on “don ca tai tu” in Ho Chi Minh City from January 9-11.

Legendary Sapa has been coverd by fog and dropping temperatures recently.

Hanoi and northern provinces have been suffering biting cold for a week, making flower growers “like to be a cat on hot bricks” as the biggest holiday is approaching.

A Boeing 727 airliner with state-run Iran Air crashed near a northwestern city in bad weather and broke into pieces, killing at least 72 of the 105 people on board.

Global warming may wipe out three-quarters of Europe's alpine glaciers and hike sea levels by four metres.

VN will center on developing 4 hi-tech industries, namely information and communication technology, biotechnology, automatic technology and new material technology.

The "shady individual" showed up at a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords asking to see the lawmaker, according to event volunteer Alex Villec. Told he would have to wait his turn, the man left but returned minutes later and gunfire erupted.

On chilly evenings in the northwest, there is nothing like sitting down on Sapa’s grilled-food street with a bowl of strong Bac Ha wine and a plate of fragrant grilled food.

Vietnam is mulling over the setup of a national gold exchange in order to put citizens public gold into circulation.

The 15th meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee took place on January 9.

An icy cold snap accompanied with hoar-frost and foggy weather over the past several days has caused the sudden hospitalization of thousands of children suffering cold-related diseases and wreaked havoc on production in the northern region.