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HCM City has ratified an initial report on a project to build tunnel and overpass in Thu Duc intersection in HCM City at a cost of VND1.466 billion.

France's oil services company Technip officially handed over the Dung Quat Oil Refinery to Binh Son Petrochemical Refinery Company.

Finance chiefs of the world's leading economies are likely to deliver a strong endorsement of Europe's efforts to resolve its debt crisis.

The reservoir will provide irrigation for 26,000ha of agricultural land in the districts of Quy Hop, Nghia Dan, Tan Ky and Anh Son and Thai Hoa town.

Vietnam-US trade continued to grow in the first quarter of this year, increasing 16.5 percent over the same period last year.

A MIC 21 jetfighter crashed on May 29 morning in the central province of Binh Dinh during a training mission, but two pilots parachuted safely.

To boost public-private cooperation in health sector, a conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s northern province of Son La and Laos’ Luang Prabang province have completed the plan of planting 13 more border markers.

The growing number of aircraft near-misses in US skies is making civilian aviation authorities increasingly concerned.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold its 44th annual meeting in Vietnam for the first time, in Hanoi from May 3-6, 2011.

An exhibition is being held in Rome, Italy, featuring photos taken by the famous Italian photographer, Maurizio Cofini.

Corruption in education and training, including the purchasing of higher marks, had given the sector a bad image, an official said.

Its quite unusual for a term named “movies” ranking top on the Google search.

Thousands of people were evacuated and airports were closed as two volcanos erupted in Guatemala and Ecuador, leaving two dead.

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State President Nguyen Minh Triet received a business delegation from the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

A seminar was held in Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang to discuss how to develop tourism in the Mekong Delta region.

The iBoP project promotes scientific and technological initiatives for poverty reduction.

At least 80 people were killed when rebels derailed a train packed with sleeping passengers in eastern India Friday.