It was more than a century ago that French colonialists began building a railway from Hai Phong in Vietnam to Kunming, in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The customs sector detected and seized goods in 2,877 cases of trade fraud, smuggling and illegal goods transport totalling around 38.5 billion VND in the first quarter of 2010.
Russian investigators have identified one of the female suicide bombers who carried out the Moscow metro bombings as the 17-year-old widow of a Caucasus militant.
The Ministry of Construction has asked its provincial departments to put into action projects to build accommodation for students, using funds sourced from Government bond.
US media outlets are gushing like star-struck lovers over the Apple iPad in early reviews as software makers hustle to ready programs for its much-anticipated sales launch.
The draft decree on administrative punishment for traffic violations which set fine levels five times higher than current levels to curb traffic accidents.
Thailand's "Red Shirt" supporters of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra defied mounting pressure from the battered tourism industry to end protests seeking to topple the government.
The Government has approved a five-year training project on sustainable management, protection and development of coastal areas and islands nationwide.
A car blew up in Russia's restive North Caucasus Thursday with the country on high alert after an Islamist group claimed the Moscow metro bombings and warned of more strikes.