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Thailand's government urged "Red Shirt" protesters Thursday to return to the negotiating table as the army cleared abandoned armoured vehicles from Bangkok's streets.

The health sector planned to step up food inspections to raise safety and hygiene standards, said a health official.

Hanoi will organise firework displays in 14 locations on April 30 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Liberation of south Vietnam and National Re-Unification Day.

Vietnam has adopted a suitable monetary policy and introduced effective measures to weather the economic downturn, said the World Bank Chairman Robert Zoellick.

Vietnam will use Japanese bullet train technology in a 56-billion-dollar national railway link, an official said Thursday.

Rescue workers dug through piles of rubble Thursday searching for survivors of a devastating quake in China which killed over 600 people and left thousands homeless.

Licensed high rise construction projects have made a negative impact on HCM City's plan to deal with traffic congestion.

Another shark suspected of attacking several people off the coast of Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh was caught by a local fisherman.

The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration imposed a $500 fine on a passenger flying from HCM City to Phu Quoc Island for joking that he carried a grenade.

Vietnam sent 16,851 guest workers overseas in the first three months of this year, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam wants to foster friendly ties with Algeria and considers this nation a priority partner among Vietnam’s traditional friends in North Africa and across the world, says State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

A violent tropical storm killed at least 84 people and devastated more than 67,000 homes as it swept across eastern India and Bangladesh overnight.

Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange fly to the US on April 14 to continue their struggle for justice in their ongoing lawsuit against US chemical companies.

The first rural, solar-power grid in the central province of Quang Binh will be installed under an agreement signed earlier this week by Schneider Electric Vietnam and the province.

Hanoi will maintain 524 existing administrative procedures, amend over 1,100 and eliminate 146, an official said.

Careless actions by many road maintenance units have damaged the drainage system of Ho Chi Minh City.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh affirmed that Vietnam's Party, State and people would continue to strengthen the traditional and friendly relations with Laos.

The Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV) has set up its branch in Washington DC, on April 12.

A team of specialists from the U.S recently came to Vietnam to help disadvantaged people and to train surgeons with new skills.