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Google reported that its quarterly profit soared on the back of its thriving Internet advertising service and that its display and mobile ad businesses are taking wing.

#Hanoi1001, a three-day music festival to raise money for floods victims, will begin on October 22.

The 13th meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, 10th tenure, discussed and decided extreme important issues which prepare for the 11th National Party Congress.     

A draft State administrative reform plan has set a target of reducing the number of ministries and ministerial-level agencies to under 20 by 2015.

Vietnam once again requested China's coordination in search for Boat QNg 66478TS and its nine-member crew.

The number of apartments offered for sale in Hanoi during the third quarter of this year was just equal to 40% of those available a year earlier.

PM welcomed Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, head of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Chair of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group.

A Memorandum of Understanding on Information and Communications cooperation was signed today by British Ambassador and Vietnamese Vice Minister of Information and Communications.

Japan will soon export its popular samurai TV drama series "Ryomaden" to its Asian neighbours.

The consultancy council for warning and preventing trade fraud in certificates of origin made its debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 14.

Hanoi held a meeting o­n October 13 to launch the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction with the theme “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready”.

The Vietnamese gymnastics team has vowed to bring home their first medal from the Asian Games.

Malaysia criticised the WHO for failing to tackle the spread of dengue in the region.

Hanoi and the Japanese Prefecture of Fukuoka will prioritize cooperation on building institutions and policies on environment.

A delegation of representatives from Dantri/DTiNews and benefactors came to help the flood-ravaged central provinces.

Rapid export expansion backed by high global prices will help Vietnam’s export turnover triple the initial target for this year.

Third generation services are widely used in Vietnam but cell phones are becoming the target of hackers.

The Chairman of the First ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus issued a statement "ADMM-Plus: Strategic Cooperation for Peace, Stability, and Development in the Region".

The Government has just approved a plan to build six solid-waste treatment facilities for the Mekong Delta.