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Floods have taken the lives of 64, left 22 missing and caused 75 injuries in central Vietnam.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh welcomed the high-level delegations from the three countries China, Laos and Cambodia.

Greater investment opportunities for Vietnamese and French enterprises will appear at a big business-oriented French event in Hanoi next month.

Vietnam hopes to increase the average height of men to 167cm and women to 157cm by 2020.

Governments and campaigners urged a worldwide end to the death penalty.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung together with a government task force visited Quang Binh, the worst-hit central province in the pounding flood beginning early October.

Japan’s Ueno Zoo has decided to present Hanoi with a pair of rare red-crowned cranes on the occasion of the city’s millennial anniversary.

Thang Long-Hanoi City of the Soaring Dragon by director Trong Dai and script writer Nguyen Khac Phuc will be performed in Hanoi at 8pm on October 10.

Tens of thousands of people in the Asia-Pacific region Sunday planted trees, collected trash and campaigned against pollution

The 1000 year anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi has attracted great attention from many international newspapers and news agencies.

Vietnam wishes the Czech Republic to expand cooperation with Vietnam, especially in areas of their strengths, in order to bringing bilateral ties to a new height.

A man and his son used their small boat to save over 350 people from the deadly flooding that hit Quang Binh Province.

The largest parade in the history of Vietnam was kicked off in Hanoi this morning in Hanoi to celebrate the city’s 1,000th birthday.

The rescue of 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine for more than two months is likely to start on Wednesday..

PM Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday afternoon hosted a reception given to chiefs of international delegations to the grand anniversary of Thăng Long–Hanoi.

Hungarian authorities evacuated the village of Kolontar at dawn Saturday, fearing a new toxic flood from a storage reservoir at an aluminium processing plant.

Vietnam needs to improve legal frameworks and institutions in its efforts to better the use of official development assistance, said an expert.

Beijing blasted a Chinese dissident winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, calling the decision to award Liu Xiaobo the honor "blasphemy."

DTiNews offered supplies to the flood-hit households on remote islets in the middle of Gianh River in Quang Binh Province.