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Using an intensive population corn-planting method promises to double productivity compared with traditional methods.

Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane.

Google Inc. reeled in more Internet advertising during the holiday shopping season and approached $2 billion in quarterly profit for the first time.

Toyota announced a second huge recall of vehicles for another problem that could cause the throttle to stick open.

Although the global economic crisis slashed foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam in 2009, the country can regain its momentum of attracting FDI.

Within days, the government will move 400,000 people made homeless by Haiti's epic earthquake to new resettlement areas.

Cambodia and Vietnam should boost up their bilateral ties in training, cultural exchanges, music, and sports to meet the desire of two peoples.

Vietnam will be helped to take full advantage of the benefits of trade liberalization and implement its World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments.

Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the interior affairs sector to speed up its administrative reform.

A high-ranking delegation from Egypt will visit Vietnam on January 25.

Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an AP estimate.

China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery.

Phu Lang, a traditional pottery village in northern Bac Ninh Province creates pieces that capture the heart and soul of Vietnam.

Investors committed to pour some US $7.36 billion into 22 projects in the central province of Binh Dinh at a conference held yesterday.

Senegal is a promising market for Vietnamese goods, according to the Viet Nam Trade Office in Morocco, which works as a bridge to help the country’s goods enter both markets.

Spanish airport builder Garuda Group is expected to pump some US$15 billion into the construction of three world class airports in Vietnam.

Saigonbank selects SunGard’s Ambit online banking to support growth strategy

Breathlessly, they came, carrying suitcases, plastic bags and just about anything that would hold the few belongings they still had.

Ericsson announced Wednesday consumers in Denmark and Sweden would enjoy the world's fastest 3G networks in the first quarter this year.