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Domestic and foreign investors are being called for medicine production paving the way for Vietnam’s drug production sector development

Vietnam has initiated 63 projects in Cambodia, with a total investment of US$900 million, making Vietnam Cambodia’s third largest investor.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell told a court how she received a pouch of rough diamonds came from Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor, in the dock for war crimes.

Official figures in South Korea show there were 7,249 marriages between South Koreans and Vietnamese women last year.

Vietnam demands that China cease activities that violate Vietnam’s sovereignty and its sovereign rights in the East Sea.

"In Citi's 15 years of doing business in the country, Vietnam has become one of the most promising markets," said Citi CEO Vikram Pandit.

Investigations into Vinashin's former chairman will be thoroughly pursued, the Standing Deputy Prime Minister said.

The second Vietnam-Africa International Forum will take place in Hanoi from August 17-19, 2010.

Local authorities have decided to charge people to take water which many believe can cure diseases.

An exhibition focusing on Vietnam’s National Assembly and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on Aug. 4.

Tra Que village is famous for growing organic vegetables and their products are popular in Hoi An and Da Nang.

The U.S. will support Vietnam in initiatives put forth to strengthen industrial relations within the country.

South Korea launched its largest-ever anti-submarine exercise near the disputed sea border with North Korea, despite Pyongyang's threats of retaliation.

Vietnam continues to be an attractive destination for Japanese investors, said the third Vietnam-Japan economic seminar held in Tokyo Tuesday.

Pham Thanh Binh, former Chairman of State-run shipbuilding conglomerate Vinashin, has been arrested and charged.

Whistleblowers and their relatives will be better protected if the Ministry of Public Security's draft decree and report on corruption-related activities is approved.

No longer targeting publicly traded Vietnamese companies, many foreign funds have recently begun investing in privately run businesses in Vietnam.

Diego Maradona is in the frame to succeed himself, it emerged here on Wednesday in the latest twist in the saga involving the footballing icon.

The President of the 21st meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment stressed that climate change is likely to have huge impact on regional socio-economic development.