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A new cable car system in the southern province of Binh Phuoc will highlight its tourism potential and attract investor interest in eco-tourism projects.

European leaders closed a deal changing the eurozone's rule-book, with loans, backed by the IMF, primed for miscreants like Greece.

Following a warning from the US that the diarrhea vaccine Rotarix may contain a pig virus, the Drug Administration of Vietnam sent an official query to GSK Vietnam.

A fire started on March 24 on the 25th story of the Keangnam tower, which is still under construction, on Pham Hung Road, Hanoi.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has begun to distribute 137.8 million doses of bird flu vaccine to 42 provinces and cities nationwide.

The rainy and stormy season in 2010 is forecasted to develop in a very complicated manner.

The Criminal Science Institute, a division of the Ministry of Public Security, inaugurated the Gene Analysis Office inside the Criminal Science Sub-Institute in HCM City.

US President Barack Obama hopes to speak to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev within days, amid strong indications a new nuclear arms deal could be signed early next month

A Vietnamese team has won the first prize at the 13th Large Scale Integrated (LSI) Design Contest in Okinawa, Japan.

Vietnam's Ministry of Health called on people, governmental bodies at all levels and social agencies to join efforts to prevent and control tuberculosis.

Russia and the United States have agreed "all the documents" for a successor to a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty and will likely sign it in Prague.

The Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia, General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azizan Ariffin, is on an official visit to Vietnam.

The Can Tho Bridge that connects southern Can Tho City with Vinh Long Province, will be inaugurated on April 24, said an official.

A Vietnamese student at Southampton University has won the first prize in the chemistry category and the Roscoe Medal in a scientific contest.

Thang Long Bridge cracks "Big lesson and all relevant units must take responsibilities and learn from the mistakes," said an official.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to a national project that will see e-passports, which use chipset technology to prevent forgery, next year.

Russia's Atomstroiexport will begin to build a nuclear research centre in Vietnam in 2012, the company's Vice President said.

Eurozone leaders moved to confront the Greek debt crisis with plans for a summit, as divisions over a bailout for Athens shook the bloc's unity.

An investigation into the causes of cracks on Thang Long bridge suggests they are a result of laying the asphalt.