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Prof. Edward J. Baker became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Hanoi authorities have asked Government permission to set up an independent ‘Hanoi City Fire Department.’

On Hanoi’s Liberation Day, October 10, a national parade will be held at Ba Dinh Square.

Less than half of the 136 planned investment projects in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have been implemented, according to a report issued by the provincial People's Committee.

King Harald V spoke highly of the fine development of the friendly and cooperative relations between Norway and Vietnam at a reception for Vietnamese ambassador Ta Van Thong in capital Oslo

Over 150 workers stopped working and flocked to the offices of a bus company requesting that its leaders answer questions regarding their interests.

Vietnam will experience hot, dry weather with temperatures climbing to 37 degrees Celsius over the weekend.

The risk of fire in Ho Chi Minh City is at a high alert level of 4 and 5, said an official.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Angola has asked the country’s police and Ministry of Interior to investigate alleged murders of three Vietnamese workers in two separate cases.

Ebooks have emerged as the latest method of publishing a literary piece without the drawbacks of traditional publishing methods.

The 70-km long Highway 78 stretching from Banlung Town in Cambodia's Ratanakiri Province to the Le Thanh border gate in Vietnam's Gia Lai Province opened to traffic yesterday.

The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.

Over three decades after the world discovered stem cells, Vietnam began its first research. Here's report on its development of stem cell technology.

About 100 faculty members from Vietnam's Duy Tan University will take 24 courses in American business from Penn State GA faculty over the next four summers.

An American man who scouted targets for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist strike pleaded guilty to a dozen criminal charges.

Vietnam's transport and communications GDP is forecasted to continue to rise faster than overall GDP, according to a new report.

David Farley tells about his culinary trek with his Vietnamese American chef in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnamese tourism sector is shifting the focus of its promotional programme onto Russia, says an official from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnam plans to sell stakes in leading telecoms firm MobiFone, the country's top oil product distributor Petrolimex and state lender BIDV this year.