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Vietnam condemned China’s plan for tourist development on the Hoang Sa archipelago as a violation to its sovereignty.

Most European airports did not appear to be following a new U.S. demand for increased screening of passengers.

Workers of Sakurai Vietnam Limited Company were on strike in order to highlight their interests.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong was elected as Head of the National Steering Board of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.

Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem recently allowed the Bureau for Safe Work under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to become a member of the Section on Prevention in the Mining Industry, which is an affiliate of the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

Vietnamese enterprises in 2009 poured US $7.2 billion in 457 projects in 50 countries and territories in spite of the global economic crisis.

Distributors 20th Century Fox say it has earned more than $350m in the US and more than $670m in the rest of the world in only 17 days.

Dubai opened the world's largest tower as the city seeks to revitalise its economy after 2009's annus horribilis.

Threats by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula against targets in Yemen prompted the closure of the U.S. and British embassies there Sunday.

Laura Lam reflects on one of the first cultural clashes that she encountered in the US.

Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said that he was impressed with Vietnam's preparation in taking over the presidency of the bloc.

 

National carrier, Vietnam Airlines is scheduled to receive 16 new Airbus A321 aircraft in 2010.

Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard hid in a "panic room" inside his home as a man wielding an ax and knife cracked the glass in the home's front door, Danish police said Saturday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China inaugurated a free-trade area Friday that slashes tariffs in an area with a population of 2 billion.

Frozen shrimp brought in over US$1.5 billion in 2009 and became the only seafood export staple that still managed to grow amid decreasing demands.

A mother from Colorado who doctors said had died while giving birth, has said it is a Christmas miracle that both she and the boy are alive.

Hoang Van Viet, a Vietnamese student studying in Taiwan, was found dead on December 29 after being killed from knife wounds.

The Ministry of Education has issued a regulation which bans smoking in all classes, working places, and educational agencies nationwide.