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HANOI: Vietnamese inflation slowed to its weakest pace in eight months in May, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that the communist-run economy is cooling.Consumer prices rose 6.36 percent year-on-year in May, the Government Statistics ...

Hanoi - A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang which stole at least 30kg of gold and killed a shopkeeper, local media reported Friday. Huynh Van Tiem, aged 54, Le Anh Kien, aged 47, and Nguyen Van Nhan, ...

By Nguyen Pham Muoi HANOI--Vietnam's coffee exports in May were flat by volume and fell 1.2% in value compared with April, the government's General Statistics Office said on Friday. Exports totaled 110,000 metric tons valued at $240 million, the ...

At the Technology Conference and Exhibition in Hanoi, IBM announced that Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank, a commercial bank in Vietnam, has selected IBM systems and software to streamline business processes across its IT infrastructure and ...

HANOI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) wants to expand dialogues with the Australian House of Representatives in all areas to share information, build trust and promote mutual understanding. NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung made the ...

HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The United States Department of Commerce (DoC) has decided to increase anti-dumping duties on pangasius imported from Vietnam, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on Thursday. According ...

HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam signed here on Thursday loan and grant agreements worth 249 million U.S. dollars to improve water services delivery and upgrade roads. Specifically, the sum ...

HANOI, Vietnam -- One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid.State electricity company EVN said in a statement Thursday that the blackout occurred ...

HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese Government will do its utmost to back the two legislative bodies of Vietnam and Australia to further boost their cooperation. Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang made the statement here on Thursday during ...