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Five districts and towns in Hai Duong, namely Thanh Ha, Thanh Mien, Kinh Mon, Ninh Giang and Chi Linh, have been declared free of blue-ear pig disease.

Potential partnerships between Vietnam and major US companies to improve and expand the Southeast Asia’s infrastructure have been discussed.

South Africa began the World Cup party with revellers flocking to a star-studded concert and fan festivals.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan will visit Vietnam for the ASEAN Summit and other related meetings due to take place in Hanoi this October.

World powers have slapped new military and financial sanctions on Iran aiming to rein in its suspect nuclear program, but stressed that the door remains open for talks.

The group was set up in 1946 under a different name, but its bus operations only began in earnest last year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has asked the United States to soon recognise the market economy in Vietnam.

The border marker, located at the Tien River International Border Gate in the southern province of An Giang, is the starting point of the border line between An Giang and Kandal.

Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan said that Vietnam has not received any official document from the World Health Organization pertaining to the swine flu.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has strongly protested the Catfish Farmers of America’s redefinition of “catfish”.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung called on sponsors to loosen their purse-strings for Vietnam to attain the goals

Two U.S. officials have helped strengthen the military ties between Vietnam and the U.S. during their visits to the country.

A Vasco passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the central province of Phu Yen due to smoke in the cabin.

Located on Vietnam’s east coast and close to international shipping lanes, the Van Phong economic zone is ideally suited for becoming a deepwater port.

The topics of Internet security and technology communication in the region were analyzed and dissected at the Mekong ICT Camp.

Nearly 10,000 people will join a walk to the statue of King Ly Thai To on June 13 to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Industry and trade in the northern high- and mid-lands should grow quicker than the country's average, a conference in the historic city of Dien Bien Phu was told.

If Vietnam, which had one third of India's coastal belt, had emerged as a major leader in the world fishing industry, India could replicate the success.

As many as 29 ministries, sectors and central agencies and 55 provinces and cities have declared their assets and incomes in 2009.