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Cai Mep Agriculture Port, which has been expanded to become the country's largest and also one of major ports in the region, reopened on December 1.

Vietnam is evaluated as the best performer in Southeast Asia in terms of eradicating gender gap over the past 20 years, said an official.

An early cold snap in Europe claimed more lives, while a wildcat strike by Spanish air traffic controllers added to the travel chaos caused by snow, ice, and in some countries flooding.

Vietnam is forecast to export around 180,000 tonnes of cashew nuts, earning more than US$1 billion this year, the highest value ever.

Two men crowned themselves president in Ivory Coast's bloody election dispute as Laurent Gbagbo defied international calls for him to cede power.

The boom of high-rise buildings and construction projects in the capital city is ridding it of its remaining basil fields.

More than 6,000 people with disabilities in Ho Chi Minh City and 12 southern provinces attended a charitable festival in HCM City.

Almost 100 university senior officials from Asia and the Pacific attended a meeting in Thua Thien-Hue to promote French language training in the region.

The reserve of available Internet addresses will be used up around the world in January, warned experts based here.

The BBC visits and talks to some of those who marry technical knowledge with musical virtuosity.

Vietnam raised its rice export floor prices by nearly 14 percent, partly to meet possible demand from Indonesia

Vietnam’s information technology sector has become an economic spearhead, contributing about 6.7% to the country’s GDP, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

A sea dyke system should be built in Vung Tau and Tien Giang provinces to reduce the effect of climate change, floods and salt-marsh contamination, experts have said.

WikiLeaks became an Internet vagabond, moving from one website to another as governments and hackers hounded the organization.

Agricultural officials in the northern region have been urged to prepare for the deadly bird flu virus that usually arrives between now and Tet.

The global climate change is forecast to seriously affect the Ho Chi Minh City’s development by 2050 if no proper action is taken soon, said an expert.

Spain's military commanded nationwide air traffic Saturday after civilian controllers called in sick en masse.

Part 19 of Laura Lam's series on Ho Chi Minh explores the leader's strategic role in the Chinese liberation army.

The rate of poverty reduction for ethnic minority people in Vietnam is still much lower than that of the national average.