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Hanoi plans to invest more than VND1.2 trillion (US$66 million) in reducing traffic jams and accidents during the 2011-15 period.

In order to be ranked as places with good and safe living conditions for children, communes and wards must meet 25 criteria, according to new regulations.

A charity music festival featuring local and foreign artists will take place at the American Club in Hanoi on May 8.

In part 12 of the series, Laura Lam details how Lenin and the Soviet Republic inspired the young Ho Chi Minh and gave support to the Peoples of the East.

Lan Hieu visits a village renowned for producing one of the most evocative symbols of Vietnam: the conical hat.

The A/H5N1 virus, dengue fever and measles are likely to break out in 2010 said the head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The Jiangsu provincial authorities will facilitate cooperation in trade and investment, education and training as well as exchanges between Jiangsu and Vietnamese businesses, its Governor confirmed.

A landslide triggered by heavy rains has killed three children in their sleep in Vietnam, an official said Tuesday.

The sixth National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union opened in Hanoi with the participation of more than 1,000 outstanding young people from within the country and abroad.

Vietnam is to expel 40 Chinese caught working on a Singaporean sand excavation project without work permits, an official said Tuesday.

Thai authorities vowed to get tough with anti-government Red Shirts, while reinforced their barricades and caused travel chaos.

33,000 pigs in 9 provinces and cities have been infected and 10,000 of them have been destroyed.

Hanoi's Department of Transport said it would step up public transport inspections to ensure the safety of passengers on Liberation Day and May Day later this week.

A study of up to 7,000 people has started in Vietnam to find out why some people get sick with dengue and others don't.

Vietnam officially introduces its first oil floating storage offloading unit to serve as the national on-sea oil extraction plant.

Vietnam always regards the people of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus as traditional, faithful and reliable friends, a senior Party official has said.

Police in southern Italy late Monday arrested a top mafia boss who was among the country's 30 most dangerous fugitives, the ANSA news agency reported.

A new fishing season begins for the people living around the upper part of Red River as the water rises high.

Hue authorities have recently approved a project to clear mines and bombs that are still lying undetected in the province.