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PM Dung required closer coordination among all Government members in implementing new assignments in 2010.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has given the green light to invest in the Vinasat 2 satellite programme.

The Vietnam Securities Depository Agency said Tuesday that it issued licenses to 20 new foreign institutional investors in December to trade local stocks, raising the total number to 1,149.

David Cornish is on a mission to find a bar he can count on.

The attack on a Danish political cartoonist "runs totally against the teachings and values of Islam,"

The Church promotes programs to meet the “ spiritual needs” and promote "sharing of experiences".

Toyo Ink Group Bhd (TIGB) says the Vietnamese government has given it permission to build a coal-fired thermo-electric plant in Tra Vinh Province.

A welcome ceremony will be held for outstanding overseas Vietnamese returning home for the Tet holiday.

Vietnam condemned China’s plan for tourist development on the Hoang Sa archipelago as a violation to its sovereignty.

Most European airports did not appear to be following a new U.S. demand for increased screening of passengers.

Workers of Sakurai Vietnam Limited Company were on strike in order to highlight their interests.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong was elected as Head of the National Steering Board of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.

Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem recently allowed the Bureau for Safe Work under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to become a member of the Section on Prevention in the Mining Industry, which is an affiliate of the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

Vietnamese enterprises in 2009 poured US $7.2 billion in 457 projects in 50 countries and territories in spite of the global economic crisis.

Distributors 20th Century Fox say it has earned more than $350m in the US and more than $670m in the rest of the world in only 17 days.

Dubai opened the world's largest tower as the city seeks to revitalise its economy after 2009's annus horribilis.

Threats by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula against targets in Yemen prompted the closure of the U.S. and British embassies there Sunday.

Laura Lam reflects on one of the first cultural clashes that she encountered in the US.

Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said that he was impressed with Vietnam's preparation in taking over the presidency of the bloc.