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The US will continue to support Vietnam’s efforts to cope with climate change, US State Secretary John Kerry has said, adding that a 17 million USD project will be implemented to this end through the US Agency for International Development.

The Voice of Russia reported Russia’s Zelenodolsk Shipyard has completed the first phase of building a Gepard 3.9 class frigate for the Vietnam People’s Navy.

Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, Commander of the US Pacific Command, in Hanoi on December 9.

The fourth session of the Viet Nam-China Land Border Joint Committee ended in Ha Noi yesterday (Dec 5) after reaching agreement on opening and upgrading border gates.

A report released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has emphasised the importance of adapting local laws to comply with international norms.

The US State Department on December 16 issued a fact sheet on the US-Vietnam comprehensive partnership, describing it as “an overarching framework for advancing the bilateral relationship”. Following are excerpts of the document:

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and US State Secretary John Kerry have expressed satisfaction with the positive development of Vietnam-US relations at a December 16 meeting in Hanoi.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an official development assistance package valued at around 100 billion JPY (roughly 1 billion USD) for Vietnam during the December 15 talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.

In 2013, a series of "shocking" incidents and scandals occurred in the health sector. The worst case is the one that is widely known by Vietnamese as “Cat Tuong,” in which a plastic surgeon of the Hanoi-based Cat Tuong Beauty Salon threw the body of a female customer into the Red...

VietNamNet Bridge – She has experienced very difficult times, but 28-year-old Truong Thi Kim Loan considers herself lucky.

The festivity atmosphere has covered streets of Saigon. Central roads, buildings and commercial centers are brilliantly decorated with lights, snowmen, Christmas trees....

It was good news for Mr. Hau, the driver in the beer looting case in Dong Nai province, that the beer company did not ask him to pay compensation for the beer.

The Long Bien Bridge is the first steel bridge across the Red River, connecting the districts of Hoan Kiem and Long Bien. It was built by the French (1898 - 1902), firstly named after Paul Doumer, the Indochina Governor. People called it the Cai River Bridge or Bo De Bridge...

On the night of December 12, many luxury villas in the new urban area Phu My Hung in District 7, HCM City, which is the home to the rich, was sparkling with lights to welcome the Christmas.

The maximum fines for food safety and hygiene violations of individuals is up to VND100 million ($5,000) and VND200 million ($10,000) for institutions instead of VND15 million ($750) as previously.