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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised Haitians that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation.

The free trade agreements among ASEAN member countries and between ASEAN and Japan are driving forces pushing the countries’ economic growth, said a Japanese professor.

Hanoi T&T went to the top of the V-league when they handed defending champions Da Nang their first defeat of the new 2010 season.

2010 is expected to bode well for Vietnam’s exports, but businesses will have to face trade barriers.

Dozens of western journalists who covered the Vietnam War here are planning to gather in HCM City during the 35th anniversary of the reunification of the country next month.

Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

The world map published by the US National Geographic Society is wrong with a note of ‘Paracel Is. China ’ in the Hoang Sa archipelago area of Vietnam, Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson said

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand's capital Bangkok to press the government to step down and hold new elections.

Provinces and cities in Vietnam should take drastic measures to further the fight against corruption, focusing on seven major fields in 2010.

Singapore and Vietnam have pledged to step up the pace of economic cooperation and strengthen strong bilateral ties.

The Minister of Construction will address labour safety in construction and apartment building management.

Hanoi's People's Committee has approved in principle a plan to build six flyovers with total investment of VND33 trillion from 2010 to 2015

The 7th ASEAN Chief of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-7) will be held in Hanoi on March 24-27

Investigators are confronted with a series of questions as they try to unravel the case of a Californian who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

The first Vietnam Movie Day featuring free screenings, seminars and discussions between artists, film producers and moviegoers, will be held nationwide on March 15.

A fair to start the sales of Shanghai World Expo tickets was held in Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi here on Friday.

Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake.

A trade fair 2010 kicked off in the northern border province ò Lang Son on March 12 in response to the “Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods” campaign.

A campaign kicked off in Hanoi on March 12, offering deals for the months of August and September and discounts of between 10 and 30 percent on tourist services.