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The Prime Minister has approved a plan to disburse about VND16 billion (US$842,000) from the State budget on trade promotion programmes in border regions.

Iran is to launch its first nuclear power reactor next week, the Islamic republic and Russia which helped build the plant said on Friday.

The Mekong 1000 project to sponsor students in the Mekong Delta to pursue their graduate studies abroad has become stagnant.

The 2010 Perseid meteor shower lived up to its promise of a meteor per minute just before dawn on Friday.

Environment protection has become urgent and critical and in Vietnam, the matter has drawn much attention from all walks of life, especially young people.

Members of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus Federation won a gold medal at the 13th International Circus Festival in Hanoi, which ended on Wednesday.

Hanoi authorities have uncovered used medical equipment worth VND 3 billion being illegally imported into Vietnam.

Hanoi will invest VND80 billion (US$420,000) to install waste water treatment systems at 16 hospitals, said director of the municipal Health Department.

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Vietnam and the United States continued their cooperative operations providing free joint health treatments in Da Nang.

The inaugural Youth Olympic Games get under way in Singapore on Saturday, realising a long-held dream of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.

The beautiful photos will be displayed at the Vietnam Art Design, 345 Greenwich Street, New York until August 18.

The U.S. Emabassy has announced plans to conduct a summer camp for disadvantaged students in Cat Ba, Hai Phong.

With its capacity and strength, the press must be a leading force in promoting patriotism and solidarity and contribute to turn Vietnam into a modern and industrial country.

A farm nestled in the northern countryside of Vietnam offers visitors an experience both exceptional and meaningful.

Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that the Internet giant's Android software infringes on patents it now holds.

The first phase of a scheme to set up an early warning system on anti-dumping proceedings against Vietnamese exports is due to be put into operation in this September.

Vietnam will strive to standardise kindergarten education for five-year-olds by 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said on Tuesday.

The Da Nang Poly-technique University was abuzz with admiration for three “barefoot science” students who designed and built a tricycle using solar energy.