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  The Ministry of Defense has repudiated international reports that Vietnam was one of the countries participating in joint-military exercises organized by the Indian Navy from February 1-6. Vu Chien Thang, chief of the ministry’s Diplomatic Department, said Vietnam did not attend...

Doan Van Vuon's family live in a tent after their house was destroyed in a land revocation that turned violent on January 5 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will chair a meeting next week on a headline-grabbing land revocation case that turned violent last month in the northern port city of Hai Phong, the government...

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced its protest against China’s unilateral promulgation of a ban on fishing in the East Sea, the Vietnam News Agency reported.   Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on Friday told the press that Vietnamese representatives had met with Chinese side to protest...

  Vietnam will continue to take the US as a leading development partners, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday in meeting with John McCain and other US senators on a Southeast Asia visit. He said Vietnam and the US in the coming time need to boost further cooperation in commerce and investment, and asking...

  The Asia Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a US$24.8 million support agreement to foster Vietnam’s "inclusive growth" and thus aid further poverty reduction in the country, the bank said in a press release. Through the support agreement, ADB will provide parallel...

Luong Thanh Nghi, spokesman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam welcomes efforts to contribute to improving the peace and development of the Asia Pacific region, VnExpress quoted foreign ministry’s spokesman as saying Friday.  Luong Thanh Nghi made the statement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’...

  The World Bank agreed Thursday to lend US$ 973.5 million to Vietnam for three poverty reduction and infrastructure projects. The projects are the $613.5-million Da Nang – Quang Ngai Expressway, $210-million Medium Cities Development project, and the $150-million 10th Poverty Reduction Support...

UXOs found in Quang Tri Province in north-central Vietnam More than one fifth of Vietnam’s total area is contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) and it woud take 300 years to complete decontamination at the current pace, an official said.   However, concerned authorities are looking to reduce the period...

  A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency...

  Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has rejected claims that a woman was recently been sent to a compulsory education center because of her political view. “In Vietnam, no one is arrested because [he/she] expresses a political view,” Luong Thanh Nghi, the foreign ministry spokesman,...