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Bus users in HCM City account for just 5-6% of the population, yet the city subsidizes public transport more and more each year, city officials said.

Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam are competing in the 2010 ASEAN Futsal Championships in HCM City from April 5-11.

DTiNews embarked to meet Ngo Thi Tuyen, a legendary hero involved in the Ham Rong Victory 45 years ago in Thanh Hoa Province.

Buddhist relics that arrived in Hanoi mark a good start in the future harmonious relationship between the two countries Buddhism.

The country is likely to meet the year's target of 85,000 workers, up by around 10,000 over last year, said an official.

At least 95 workers have been found alive in a Chinese coal mine more than a week after they were trapped by an underground flood.

Italian businesses have described Vietnam as a young and dynamic economy which has great potential for development and investment.

Attending the 1st International Summit of the Mekong River Commission held in Thailand, PM Nguyen Tan Dung met with the host PM, Lao PM and the WB Vice President.

Many Hanoians have caught sight of traffic police sporting pith helmets over the past few days.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico rocked buildings as far away as southern California.

More than 40 former Russian experts who worked in Vietnam during the wartime gathered on the outskirts of Moscow for the celebration of their first coming to Vietnam 45 years ago.

A New Zealand architecture firm has won an international competition to help design a massive university in Vietnam.

Three suicide car bombs targeting the Iranian and Egyptian embassies rocked Baghdad Sunday, killing 30 people in a surge of violence.

The Vietnam-Germany University will be built on an area of 50 ha in the southern province of Binh Duong with the investment capital of US $180 million.

The report on the strategy for Hanoi’s development master plan seems to place authorities in a complicated situation.

Apple's hotly-anticipated iPads are finally in consumers' hands in what the maker of iPods and iPhones heralds as a personal computing revolution.

The Hanoi city government passed a US$2.8 million project to repaint offices and residential houses on 75 main streets

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan approved a proposal from the central province of Khanh Hoa not to host the Miss World 2010 pageant there as originally planned.

More than 10,000 workers walked off the job to protest low salaries and lousy meals at a Taiwanese shoe company in Dong Nai Province.