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A National Assembly delegation will attend a meeting of G20 country parliamentary speakers in Canada and pay an official visit to Cuba from September 2-7.

British oil giant BP revealed it has so far spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, as its crews worked to retrieve key evidence from the seabed.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will host the ASEM Forum o­n climate change and measures for adaptation and mitigation o­n September 6-7.

Lieut. Gen. Bui Van Huan received a delegation from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Hanoi on September 2.

The chief of the UNAIDS agency said that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.

Contestants from nearly 90 countries and territories will take part in the month-long Miss Earth beauty pageant to be held in Vietnam in November.

Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world.

Electricity of Vietnam has supplied nearly 912 million kWh of power over the past 16 months to Cambodia.

Two hundred outstanding businesses received the Sao Vang Dat Viet (Vietnam Gold Star) Award at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 2.

Improvements in Vietnam’s tertiary education must be in line with rules, appropriate to the reality and encourage creativity, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The recent mushrooming of large-scale social housing projects in Hanoi is expected to ease the dearth in low-income accommodation and stabilise the residential market.

Russia’s Atomic Energy Group Rosatom and Vietnamese scientists will set up a training centre for nuclear power plants and an atomic energy research institute

The football season climaxed on Sunday with a young local coach getting the better of a famous foreign import to win the National Cup.

Strong foreign demand has pushed up reference prices of export-standard rice by US$50 per ton, but the trade ministry confirmed there would be no rice shortage for export.

The Russian newspaper “Pravda” on Sept. 2 ran an article praising Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Rascals cut tails of two elephants, which are serving at the Prenn Waterfall Tourist Area in the Highland city of Dalat on August 31.

India's Tata Steel says it is expecting Vietnamese government investment licence in the next three months.

An ancient reef found in the Pacific may provide clues to what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

A photography exhibition entitled “Vietnamese Soul” opened in London on September 1 on Vietnam and its people to mark the country’s 65th National Day.