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Work to improve Vuc Lake in the capital’s Long Bien district kicked off on March 14, marking the beginning of a project on inner-city lake protection and preservation.

PM Abhisit Vejjajiva defied the demands of his opponents, telling the country that he would neither resign nor dissolve the House of Representatives.

Vietnam plans to welcome 4.2 million international tourists and 27 or 28 million domestic tourist this year.

Relevant authorities have been requested to strengthen solutions to inflation control in 2010.

Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong urged ministries, sectors, localities, enterprises, employers and employees, especially in private sector, to well implement regulations on the issues.

Vietravel tourism agency has announced that all tours to Thailand from March 14 to 20 will be cancelled.

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have begun rallying outside on a military base on the outskirts of Bangkok.

A chemical warehouse was engulfed by flame at the Winter Wool Weaving Company.

Many Vietnamese women have chosen to work overseas, but quite a few of them have faced unexpected cracks in their family lives as a result of this.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised Haitians that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation.

The free trade agreements among ASEAN member countries and between ASEAN and Japan are driving forces pushing the countries’ economic growth, said a Japanese professor.

Hanoi T&T went to the top of the V-league when they handed defending champions Da Nang their first defeat of the new 2010 season.

2010 is expected to bode well for Vietnam’s exports, but businesses will have to face trade barriers.

Dozens of western journalists who covered the Vietnam War here are planning to gather in HCM City during the 35th anniversary of the reunification of the country next month.

Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

The world map published by the US National Geographic Society is wrong with a note of ‘Paracel Is. China ’ in the Hoang Sa archipelago area of Vietnam, Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson said

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand's capital Bangkok to press the government to step down and hold new elections.

Provinces and cities in Vietnam should take drastic measures to further the fight against corruption, focusing on seven major fields in 2010.

Singapore and Vietnam have pledged to step up the pace of economic cooperation and strengthen strong bilateral ties.