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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told the BBC that a vaccine for malaria could be just three years away.

“We are confident in our internal strength, national unity and the extent of our international cooperation when entering the year 2010, as the country is hosting numerous large and important events,” said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The implementation of the campaign of “Studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh’s moral examples” has helped realise Party guidelines and State policies on national development.

All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean.

Vietnam will not face more labour strikes this year as the country has already overcome the worst of the global economic crisis, a senior government official said.

The court has ruled and as the trial has officially ended, sentencing has been handed down for the defendants in the Project 122 case.

More than 700 people registered to voluntarily donate blood on Sunday, January 24.

The main objective of the trip is to talk with world leaders about global issues in economics, politics, the environment and technology and sciences.

Prime Minsiter Nguyen Tan Dung has just approved a plan to build a coastal road spanning over 3,000 kilometres.

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut.

A Vietnamese student who suffered serious injuries, following the freak accident has died in Auckland Hospital, New Zealand last Thusday.

Nearing Tet celebration, the highest “business season” for counterfeit liquor makers arrives. Their methods and secrecy may surprise.

Next in a series about Ho Chi Minh, Laura Lam writes about Vietnam's political background prior to the rising of the leader.

Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United States in an audio message released Sunday.

Thanks to a tremendous amount of feedback and suggestions from readers, my quest to find a local bar will continue, only now, I have a map.

Hanoi’s industrial production value has reached VND 7,368 billion in January, posting a year-on-year rise of 16.3% against the same period last year.

Outstanding individuals gathered at a talk in Hanoi to share experience in studying and following the late President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.

Businesses in the Vietnam Food Association have signed contracts to export 2.6 million tonnes of rice.

Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the UN said Saturday.