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National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong met with Hanoi voters on to listen to their concerns immediately after the NA eighth plenary session closed.

The financial cloud hanging over the eurozone darkened, with the euro falling and Italy hit by rising borrowing rates.

Vietnam’s industrial production value was ten times higher than that of 1991 and just fell down in 2009 when the global crisis hit countries around the world.

The Asian Development Bank will provide US$95 million to help Lao and Vietnam upgrade their road systems in the northeastern transport corridor.

The International Olympic Committee said it would examine any evidence of corruption, after one of its members was named in a BBC report targeting three FIFA officials.

The Mekong River Delta expects to receive 19 million visitors this year, 200,000 more than last year, according to the regional tourism agency.

Vietnamese guests looking for MICE facilities overseas will be one of the focuses of Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board is looking to further tap this market segment.

Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010, more than three times last year's figure.

The Vietnamese Government and some Japanese businesses in Osaka are considering the possibility of constructing urban railways in Vietnam.

Vietnam is reported to have between 7,000 to 8,000 cases of violence and sexual abuse towards children annually.

Thanh Hoa Province's Union of Informatics and Transfer Technology has successfully programmed software to help parents control their children's access to the Internet.

ActionAid International in Vietnam and the Centre for Research on Environmental Systems on November 29 jointly introduced their latest report on climate change in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has recently decided to establish the Vietnam University of Oil & Gas, which will be invested by Vietnam National Oil & Gas Group.

The Vietnam football team has been awarded the Labour Order, Third Class, for winning the ASEAN Football Championship-AFF-Suzuki Cup two years ago.

A student armed with a gun was holding 23 children and a teacher hostage in a high school classroom in the small Wisconsin town of Marinette, police said.

The Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative for 2011 is introduced to foster innovative ideas to raise public awareness on the enforcement of laws to prevent and combat corruption.

A new round of UN climate talks got under way to appeals for action and compromise after the squabbles that drove last year's global summit in Copenhagen close to disaster.

Nearly half of enterprises in HCMC have reported losses annually, many of them are FDI firms who have reported losses for ten consecutive years to avoid paying tax.

The northern port city of Haiphong will make efforts in strengthening its socio-economic infrastructure, high-quality human resources, and public administration reforms.