The book entitled ‘Vietnam and the East Sea’ helps the public better understand the real situation in the East Sea, as well as Vietnam’s views on solving related disputes.
Syrian troops and army defectors have fought one of the biggest battles while a protest strike shut businesses in a new gesture of civil disobedience, residents and activists said.
A 3D-graphic shooting game set in the times of the Dien Bien Phu battle against the French army will be released next February in North America, the game’s developer announced.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to allocate 55 billion VND and 3,100 tonnes of rice free-of-charge to help four central provinces overcome the aftermaths of recent floods.
President Medvedev ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in Russia's parliamentary election, one day after tens of thousands of protesters demanded it be annulled and rerun.
A strong cold spell caused the temperature to drop to a record low of 1oC in the northern city of Sapa on December 11, according to local meteorological stations.
The first phase of the Ho Tram Strip project, to build a top-notch beach resort in Vung Tau, has been completed and is expected to open in February 2013.
A marathon UN climate conference approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal roof.
A major 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico with officials reporting two deaths, as the quake was strongly felt in the capital Mexico City and southern Guerrero state.
The first two biding packages of a World Bank-funded project to develop transport in the northern delta started in the northern province of Bac Ninh on December 10.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA left London for Hanoi on Dec. 10, concluding a three-day official visit to the UK.