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Part 3 of a Tribune investigation finds that the role of defoliants in Vietnam's high rate of birth defects remains a contentious question decades after U.S. spraying missions ended.

Part 2 of a Tribune investigation finds that for many U.S. veterans, the bureaucratic fight to be compensated for health problems linked to Agent Orange amounts to a new and unexpected war.

Part 1 of a Tribune investigation finds that U.S. officials have neglected a lasting problem even as the health fallout has spread.

Despite the global economic downturn, Vietnamese trade is outpacing its outdated and overworked ports infrastructure.

Laura Lam, the overseas Vietnamese who has become a close friend with DTiNews, tells the story of why she wrote a book about the war in Viet Nam.

Officials of South and North Korea will survey a factory complex near Hanoi.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors expects 2009 exports will be $ 4.2 billion, which is $300 million lower than last year.

The Government has just issued a Decree stipulating specific penalties against domestic violence.

Vietnam raked in 667.52 million U.S. dollars from exporting electric wires and cables in the first ten months of this year.

Vietnam has decided to adopt Japan's bullet-train system for a high-speed rail link.

The South African Embassy in Vietnam opened the honorary consul office in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec.10.

Japan's Sapporo Holdings said it would enter the Vietnamese market by taking a 65 percent stake in a beer joint venture with Vietnam National Tobacco Corp.

Italy wants to increase cooperation with Vietnam in education-training, culture, science and technology, said President Napolitano.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung asserted that the transport connectivity among ASEAN member states becomes more and more urgent.

Vietnam's state-run oil company said it has signed an oil and natural-gas cooperation agreement with Sudan's national oil producer.

The delivery of two jumbo drilling rigs is expected to put construction of the Dakmi 4 hydroelectric project near Da Nang, Vietnam, back on schedule.

Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations and abandon the Kyoto protocol.

Together with the vigorous development of comprehensive cooperation, support and assistance fromVietnam for Laos in hosting the 25th SEA Games have symbolized the special solidarity between the two countries.

Italian company Saipem has been awarded two offshore contracts in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea for a total value of approximately US$ 450 million.