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A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway

As I continue discovering Vietnam, one word that always seems to be on the tip of peoples tongues is the word luck, writes David Cornish.

In an event at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day.

A man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them in his pants had his sentencing postponed.

Two rival groups of gangsters pursued each other through the centre of HCM City during the night of March 8 with intentions to kill.

Neil Tweedie watches the Oscar-winner and weighs the reactions of real-life bomb disposal men.

Samsung announced that the first models of its full HD 3D entertainment products will be gradually introduced to consumers in Southeast Asia and Oceania from this month.

Lan Hieu explores an unlikely place to draw the attention of entrepreneurs.

A plenary meeting of the Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza was held in Hanoi on March 8.

Under the decision of Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung, the Thang Long Royal Citadel vestige complex will receive visitors on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long–Hanoi.

Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang will be turned into a tourism and commercial hub for the country and the region.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister has urged the US to take more concrete action to help Vietnam recover from the aftermath of the Vietnam war.

The death toll from a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Turkey on Monday reached 57.

Labour contracts, labour conditions, re-hiring workers and overtime working hours should be clearly defined in new amendments to the Labour Code, said experts.

Ben En National Park, a nature reserve in Thanh Hoa City, is suffering from an intensive “massacre”.

The Border Guard Command of Binh Dinh province has handed over 5 fishermen, saved by Vietnamese fishermen, to a representative from the Philippines Embassy in Vietnam.

Plans for a long discussed rail network to link China to six south-east Asian countries are advancing as critical gaps are filled in Cambodia.

Hundreds of people worked non-stop for 10 hours to transport the first section of the underwater tunnel to the site.

Bringing an end to a tense and suspenseful night, "The Hurt Locker" captured the best picture prize at the 82nd Academy Awards.