McDonald’s said on Tuesday it will open its first burger restaurant in Vietnam after awarding the franchise to the son-in-law of the communist-ruled nation’s Prime Minister.

A Vietnamese airline has been fined for hosting a mid-flight dance by bikini-clad beauty pageant contestants without first gaining permission, state media said on Thursday.

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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flies to India on Tuesday for talks focusing on Washington's strategic shift towards Asia, as US officials eye New Delhi as a potentially pivotal partner.

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A crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.

Local official Tran Bao Que says the bus smashe

From small scooters to luxury SUVs, dozens of vehicles have burst into flames in Vietnam this year, triggering panic among motorists who say the government is failing to respond.

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From small scooters to luxury SUVs, dozens of vehicles have burst into flames in Vietnam this year, triggering panic among motorists who say the government is failing to respond.

Officials and state

Vietnam says a large ongoing outbreak of a common childhood virus could worsen this year.

The hand, foot and mouth virus has sickened more than 6,000 and killed nine children since January. They died

A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help.

The man next to her obliged by opening the emergency exit and triggering the escape slid

A man left unable to walk by a tumour on his right leg that weighs more than the rest of his body went under the knife in Vietnam on Thursday to have the growth removed, hospital officials said.

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A Vietnamese seaman survived five days floating in open ocean with only a life jacket for protection after his cargo ship sank and all his 22 crew mates died, before he was rescued on Friday, official