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Education of Nature - Vietnam has launched a website on tigers at http://www.thiennhien.org/BVH , to protect the few remaining tigers in the world.

Ben Thuy Bridge in flooded Nghe An Province has been blocked to ensure safety, resulting in heavy traffic jams.

Vietnamese has requested China’s cooperation to ensure the safety of nine Vietnamese fishermen who had been previously apprehended.

Red Cross is launching an emergency appeal for 1,034,754 Swiss francs (1.08 million US dollars) to assist survivors of the floods.

The on-going flood has caused 35 deaths and left 21 missing, just as super typhoon Megi is forecast to strike the region.

Intel Corporation, will open as chip assembly and testing factory in Vietnam with a total investment of US$1 billion late this month, according to the US Wall Street Journal

The World Bank warned that capital inflows into fast-growing East Asian economies have inflated regional currencies and could threaten growth.

Vietnam's top three-cushion billiards player Duong Anh Vu will compete in the 63rd World Three Cushion Championships from tomorrow to Sunday in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.

During the harvesting season, the terraced rice fields of Ha Giang Province become a majestic “painting”.

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in years killed at least 10 people as it generated waves as big as houses and destroyed swathes of vital rice crops, authorities said Tuesday.

Two sisters, one aged 80 and the other 75, living in Can Tho City, desperately need the support of the community.

Northern Thai Nguyen City became a "first-class" city yesterday in a celebration attended by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Philippine authorities said Tuesday the death toll from Typhoon Megi had risen to three.

The 8th sitting session of the 12th National Assembly will open on October 20 and last for over one month, said Chairman of the NA Office Tran Dinh Dàn.

A high-ranking delegation of the Defence Ministry of Vietnam, headed by Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Huy Hieu, is on a three-day visit to Romania.

Four-year-old Nguyen Cong Huu of Vietnam may be little, but he’s a walking miracle.

Vietnamese police are searching for 20 passengers believed to be missing after flooding swept their bus away.

International Monetary Fund and central bank officials from around the world met in China Monday to discuss ways to boost the global economic recovery.

The Ben Tre Province People’s Committee held a ceremony to start construction of the Ho Chi Minh Marine Route cemetery park.