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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.

At the invitation of the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, U Thein Sein, His Excellency President Truong Tan Sang and Madame, accompanied by a high-level delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam paid a State visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on...

This morning (20/11), members of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam voted and adopted Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of Law on Lawyers; Law on Electricity; Law on Tax Management; Law on National Reserves; Law on Cooperatives (amended)...

More and more child abuse cases have been brought out into the open recently. Watchdog agencies, educators, parents and psychologists have been analyzing the cases and discussing the solutions for years, but no improvement has been made.

Vietnam has been consistent with its policy on teaching many different languages at general schools. However, it meets a lot of big difficulties that hinder the program implementation.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has unexpectedly announced the application of the new university enrolment mechanism to be applied from 2014. A lot of students complain the decision has made them feel dizzy.