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Deputy Minister Bui Thanh Son and UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne co-chaired the first-ever UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue in London on October 26.

Vietnamese futsal (indoor football) players will be back in action and aiming to win at least a silver medal at the SEA Games in Indonesia next month.

Hoi An Town needs to restore its ancient heritage buildings; “Bi, don’t be afraid” movie makes debut at Asian Film Festival in Berlin; Vietnamese festival to come to New York; Interactive art on show; Folk music for schools

In the five years since HCM City began to back the idea of developing traditional arts as a tourist attraction, some private art troupes have hit pay dirt.

RoK television supports Vietnamese AO victims; Gov't workers get aid for home loans; ILO country director receives local honour; Hand, foot and mouth not a pandemic: ministry; Real estate agent arrested for swindling

For many reasons, 70 percent of enterprises refuse to apply the measures that allow to protect them from the exchange rate fluctuations.

The rapid development of the internet in Viet Nam has prompted a new management mechanism, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang has said.

Many of the nation's craft villages are in a vicious bind. While many continue to grow slowly, pollution, limited access to loan capital, and a lack of planning are holding development back.

National Pediatrics Hospital has announced the success of its first stem cell therapy treatment of epidermolysis bullosa, making it only the second medical institution in the world to successfully treat this genetic skin disease in this manner.

Vietnam and the Philippines have strengthened ties between their navies, following a visit by President Truong Tan Sang to Manila yesterday.

The Binh Dinh provincial authorities has ordered to stop exporting titanium ores. However, the decision has been facing a strong opposition from local businesses, which consider titanium exploitation and export as their main bread earners.

The Meo Vac cattle market, held every Sunday in Ha Giang province, is unique in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam.

Most commercial banks were hesitant when setting up high goals for the business plan in 2011 earlier this year. However, despite the big challenges, they now can be sure that the profits this year would be satisfactory.

The more coffee people consume, the less likely they develop the most common form of skin cancer, a new study suggests, according to media reports Tuesday.

Under the strategy on treating solid waste, by 2020, 90 percent of solid waste would be collected and treated to protect the environment, of which 85 percent would be recycled and re-used to re-create energy or made organic fertilizer.

The HCMC government will publish “The general construction planning scheme in HCMC up to 2025” in early November, said Huynh Xuan Thu, director of the Planning Information Center under the city’s Department of Zoning and Architecture.

Delegates from the signatory parties of the UN Convention Against Corruption, civil society organisations and representatives of private sector gathered Monday for the fourth session of the Conference of the State Parties to the UNCAC.

Vietnamese piano prodigy, Trang Trinh, will give a solo concert at the French Cultural Centre, L’espace, in 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on November 3.

With skillful hands, craftsmen in Ninh Van commune work hard to create stone products to beautify the country.