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Rescue workers dug through heaps of mud, boulders and debris on Sunday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

After a complicated six-year legal battle, an alleged Calgary gang member is set to be deported.

Tet has finally left us, and now, it's back to the grind.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) on Feb. 21 increase the price of petrol by 590 VND per litre.

Iraqi war film "The Hurt Locker" and corporate downsizing drama "Up In the Air" won honors from screenwriters in the final, major Hollywood awards show leading up to the Oscars.

Of 634 primate species, 48% are on the IUCN's 'red list' of animals under threat as loggers, hunters and smugglers thrive.

Bangkok Post held an interview with Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Duy Hung.

Trip with daughter, an Iraq war vet, will be part of local filmmaker's documentary.

A large spring festival has taken place around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the capital city of Hanoi on Feb. 20.

Attending the field-tilling ceremony in Doi Son, Ha Nam Province, President Nguyen Minh Triet personally created the first furrows in order to open a new year with bumper crops.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour cast off from the International Space Station late Friday, capping more than a week of orbital construction to add a phenomenal new lookout dome and room to the orbiting lab.

A traditional festival in Bac Ninh Province is held on the 6th day of Tet every year and attracts a lot of visitors.

Police in Chau Thanh District who uncovered a gold smuggling ring have made two more arrests on February 18.

As the first Congressional hearings on Toyota get underway Tuesday, one key question will be whether the automaker has fully diagnosed the causes of its runaway cars.

A little-known 18-year-old from Vietnam stole the show this week at Moscow Aeroflot, the toughest open tournament in the world.

As my travels continued, and my first experience of Tet began coming to a close, I found myself in a place, a time, and a memory that I knew was one of a kind.

Transport Minister Ho Nghia Dung said it’s hard to tell exactly when traffic congestion can be alleviated in Vietnam’s two biggest cities – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung paid a Tet visit to the Can Tho Bridge construction site on February 19.

A representative from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said his agency will accelerate the process of Japanese ODA-funded projects in Vietnam.