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The government will focus on implementing measures to control prices and deal with power shortage in the remaining months of this year, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

The General Director of the UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will start her official visit to Vietnam on October 1 and attend the capital’s millennial anniversary.

A large number of high-rise buildings in Hanoi fail to meet health and safety regulations, said an official.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh visited the US from September 26-29.

North Korea on Thursday published a photograph of the youngest son and heir apparent to the communist state's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il.

Some people have secretly dumped hundreds of tonnes of industrial waste into Thu Duc University Village in Binh Duong.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced plans for a global effort to provide clean and efficient cooking conditions in developing countries such as Vietnam.

Yemen's foreign minister acknowledged the United States has launched attacks on Al-Qaeda in his country in an interview published on Thursday.

The VN-Index fluctuated throughout most of today's session, but closed up 0.35 per cent to 454.52 on the HCM City Stock Exchange.

A joint venture between PetroVietnam and the Russian oil group of Zarubezhneft has pumped the first crude oil from well in Russia’s autonomous Nenesky region.

Seoul insisted it would demand an apology from Pyongyang for the sinking of one of its warships as North and South Korea began their first military talks for two years.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade and Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and Information have discussed measures to boost bilateral ties.

Two Japanese citizens Yukihisa Hirano and Taro Nakajima have become the first honorary consuls of Vietnam in Japan.

US astronomers said they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that they think might be habitable, orbiting a nearby star.

 The first meeting of the ASEAN Chiefs of Security Agencies was kick-started in Hanoi yesterday.

Safe and fresh vegetables have become popular in Vietnam and they are flooding markets while previously they were sold only in supermarkets.

Western intelligence agencies have uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to launch attacks in Britain, France and Germany by extremists based in Pakistan.

The event, promoting ASEAN and Vietnam’s images, provided an opportunity for countries in the region to meet and exchange information with potential investors.

Vietnam has been admitted into the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, according to senior UNAOC representative Jorge Sampaio.