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The Vietnam Railway Corporation had to cancel several trains on the North-South route due to downpours and floods in the central region.

The awards ceremony for the winners of the media contest on Thang Long-Hanoi’s millennial anniversary was held in the city on October 4.

The Government chief agreed to allocate the State budget to 15 sectors in order to effectively spend public resources for social development in the period of 2011-2015.

Electricity of Vietnam Group and its Russian partner, Rosatom Group, will sign a cooperation agreement on construction of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant 1.

Following successful experiments, Vietnam is expected to start planting genetically-modified corn for commercial purposes in 2011.

The two leaders have expressed their pleasure at rapid developments in friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the EU.

Japan's Prime Minister and Chinese Premier agreed to improve ties after the latest row over an ongoing territorial spat.

Thang Long Avenue was open to traffic just in time to join the exciting activities of the 1,000 Anniversary of Hanoi.

Universities will be given more rights to self-determination since the 2014-2015 school year, according to the new regulations on university promulgated by the Government.

Torrential rains triggered floods that hit over 35,000 families in Quang Binh Province with heavy water.

Vietnam-RoK relations have developed well over the past 18 years with two-way trade reaching from US$500 million in 1992 to US$9.5 billion this year.

Bob Edwards, who brought the joy of parenthood to millions of infertile couples, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

As many as 42 objects related to Southeast Asian cultures are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on October 4.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday left Hanoi to attend the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on October 4 launched an additional wave of vaccination against measles for 1 to 5-year-old children.

The second-home market is still in its infancy but had drawn the growing attention of local and international investors.

A rise in minimum salary levels is not expected to put a big dent in foreign enterprises’ pockets.

Heavy rains have resulted in a high risk of the dam in Huong Khe district breaking.

Delegates are gathering in Tianjin, China from October 3-9 for the final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico, which begins at the end of November.