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Returning home after living abroad for over three years was an overwhelming and thought provoking experience, writes David Cornish.

Hanoi will use VND 500 billion (US $26 million) from the local budget to stabilize prices of prime commodities and rein in inflation.

Senior trade officials from eight member countries of ASEAN began a visit to the US on May 2

Ho Chi Minh City's Sai Gon Bridge needs a $2.3m renovation, the city Department of Transport said following an inspection.

All children old enough to be vaccinated will be protected against five diseases (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and meningitis).

The Vietnam News Agency held a get-together for former leaders and staff from central Viet Nam, all of whom are veterans of the American War, in Da Nang.

Vietnam has yet to find the potential heirs to an older generation of artists who bemoan the lack of creativity among emerging new talent.

The US Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy set off its San Diego naval base on May 1 for a trip of humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam.

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States.

Col.Gen. Nguyen Huu An, the late General of Battle is well-remembered as a loving father and devoted husband.

Police evacuated buildings and cleared streets of thousands of tourists around New York City's Times Square on Saturday after finding an apparent car bomb in a parked SUV.

PM Dung’s visit to China has deepened the ties of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung together with heads of state and government leaders from other countries attended the 2010 World Expo opened in Shanghai.

The Shanghai World Expo formally opened its door to the highly avid public Saturday morning after years of planning and preparation.

Over 50 thousand people from all places flocked their way to the HCMC centre for the 35th celebration of Southern Liberation.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on April 29 received delegates from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, who are attending a people-to-people friendship and cooperation meeting in Ho Chi Minh City.

Contractors are now being selected for HCM City’s first metro line, a 19.7 kilometer line from the Ben Thanh Market east to Suoi Tien.Construction will start in early 2011, after years of planning.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday reported a record operating profit of 4.41 trillion won (4 billion dollars) in the first quarter.

The Vietnam Students Association (VSA) and the social network loveme.vn held a press conference on April 29 to introduce a campaign called “a million signatures, a million actions for the environment”.