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Trade negotiators from the U.S, Vietnam and six other Asia Pacific nations meet in San Francisco this week for work on a free-trade agreement

The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (VIETFISH) opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City on June 12.

Africa's first football World Cup kicked off in Johannesburg on Friday as Nelson Mandela inspired the hosts to a 1-1 draw with Mexico.

The Vietnamese embassy in Norway will be inaugurated during the Norway visit of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai from June 12-16.

The General Assembly of the Asian- Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) will be held in Vietnam from June 17 to June 20 this year.

As much as 40,000-plus barrels of oil per day were pouring from BP's ruptured well into the Gulf of Mexico before the latest containment device was fitted.

The major plan is to stabilize prices for essential goods within the year.

Power shortages and high interest rates were likely to hamper production in factories over the coming months, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has been informed.

Five districts and towns in Hai Duong, namely Thanh Ha, Thanh Mien, Kinh Mon, Ninh Giang and Chi Linh, have been declared free of blue-ear pig disease.

Potential partnerships between Vietnam and major US companies to improve and expand the Southeast Asia’s infrastructure have been discussed.

South Africa began the World Cup party with revellers flocking to a star-studded concert and fan festivals.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan will visit Vietnam for the ASEAN Summit and other related meetings due to take place in Hanoi this October.

World powers have slapped new military and financial sanctions on Iran aiming to rein in its suspect nuclear program, but stressed that the door remains open for talks.

The group was set up in 1946 under a different name, but its bus operations only began in earnest last year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has asked the United States to soon recognise the market economy in Vietnam.

The border marker, located at the Tien River International Border Gate in the southern province of An Giang, is the starting point of the border line between An Giang and Kandal.

Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan said that Vietnam has not received any official document from the World Health Organization pertaining to the swine flu.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has strongly protested the Catfish Farmers of America’s redefinition of “catfish”.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung called on sponsors to loosen their purse-strings for Vietnam to attain the goals