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Street vendors try to sell as much as they can on highways despite the dangers, especially with Tet approaching.

The exhibition "Arts of Ancient Vietnam: From River Plain to Open Sea," now on view at the Asia Society Museum in New York, took over 20 years to produce.

Vietnam hopes to welcome more Czech investors to do business here, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

DTiNews spoke with Nguyen Thi Thoa, Manager of ATS, about a project to bring ancient Yen Tu into the future.

Police stopped a car carrying 92 kilograms of unaccounted for gold and arrested the driver.

A huge shark believed to have attacked visitors at Binh Dinh Province was brought in by a fisherman in Phu Yen.

Bao Viet has signed a US$3.9 million contract with Bravura and SSP to enhance its general insurance administration and IT infrastructure.

Police took the Deputy Director of BIDV in Hai Phong into custody under suspicion of being involved in the bribe of Vice GM of BIDV.

Ancient peach blossom trees in the area at the foot of Hoang Lien mountain are in full bloom under the spring sunshine.

At 8.30 PM on March 27, Vietnam will participate in the globe's largest environmental campaign by turning off lights for one hour.

China complained to the World Trade Organization on Thursday about anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Union on Chinese-made shoes.

An official of Khanh Hoa has confirmed that this province withdrew from hosting the Miss World 2010 Contest.

The border region between China and Vietnam is bustling with trade and people come from across the region to make a living.

Vietnam should pay more attention to forest plantations and protection as it will help the country in mitigating the climate change as well as reducing the number of poor households.

A new price frame of economy class air tickets for domestic flights will be applied as of March 1, 2010.

The investigation is continuing and will be taken very seriously by authorities.

All programs are on track and EADS is looking to establish an industrial development facility in Vietnam, the company said.

As many as 1,700 representatives of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam will attend the National Congress of Ethnic Minority Groups slated for May.

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and an issuer credit rating of "bbb-" to Petrovietnam Insurance JSC.