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US President Barack Obama will urge world leaders to harden their resolve to lock down nuclear material on the second day of a summit Tuesday aimed at keeping atomic weapons out of terrorist hands.

PM Dung approved the outcomes of negotiations for a financial agreement and relevant legal documents between Vietnam and the World Bank on poverty reduction.

The female lizards, are 18 inches long and produce perfect clones, arousing one another and pretending to mate, which causes them to ovulate and lay eggs.

Up to 22 capital and cities around the world and foreign embassies in Vietnam have registered to take part in activities marking Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary this year.

The man pleaded guilty to conspiracy for coordinating the smuggling of 14 live birds into the U.S by strapping them to another man's legs during an international flight.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage arrived in Washington DC for a two-day summit on nuke security.

Vietnam welcomes and creates all favorable conditions for tourists from the Gulf and the Middle East states to visit the country.

At the invitation of Tunisian President Zeine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, State President Nguyen Minh Triet and his entourage started a day-long official visit to Tunisia.

The HCM City Department of Transportation is mapping out a plan to replace more than half of its bus fleet with "greener" models.

Drought conditions has made a negative impact on power supply plans for the electricity industry.

Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others.

The Ministry of Transport will hold a seminar on the North-South high speed rail project and perform a public opinion poll.

Vietnam received financial support worth nearly $2.6 million USD from Japan during the fiscal year of 2009.

A dragnet of hundreds of police and militia are searching for a Lao heroin smuggler who escaped arrest in the Vietnamese province of Ninh Thuan

Every foreign fishing vessel operating in Vietnamese waters will be required to have a member of the Vietnamese authorities on board as of June 1.

The ‘One heart-One world’ charity arts programme took place in Hanoi, raising nearly VND10 billion from sponsors, individuals and TV audience to help people with disabilities.

A Fedex airplane was about to land when its pilot saw a car parked on the runway in Noi Bai International Airport.

With modern ‘villages’ popping up all over Vietnam’s major cities, Lan Hieu looks at the gated communities of times past.

The Association of Overseas Vietnamese in France convened its 12th congress in the capital city of Paris on April 10.