Construction begins on second made-in-Vietnam offshore oil rig; Exporters make inroads into Australia; Rosatom nuclear company chairman visits Viet Nam

Vietnam, Cambodia beef up military ties; Australia, Vietnam boost agricultural cooperation; RoK proposes trade balance with Vietnam; Chinese Communist Party delegation visits Vietnam; Vietnam backs international efforts to fight terrorism

 VN, Australia vow more co-operation; PM praises former Japanese leader; S Korean air chief visits; NA chairman off to Laos 

 Two Vietnamese photographers, Nguyen Viet Thanh and Hoang Hai Thinh, exhibited photo collections featuring the serendipity of daily life and scenic beauty of the nation’s landscape in Australia on September 2.

Leaders join students to welcome the new school year; President tours Kien Giang’s islands; Central Highlands urged to boost relations with Laos, Cambodia; Cuban newspaper hails Vietnam’s progress;

 Australia's foreign minister says a deal has been reached with Indonesia to end a row over claims Australian agents spied on the Indonesian president.

The swine flu, or H1N1 virus, is sweeping through Australia with the virus accounting for the majority of the rising number of influenza cases this year, experts said Tuesday.

 The Australian Embassy in Vietnam has issued a statement on the suppression orders issued by the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning the Australian-style polymer note printing case.

 Vietnam Foreign Ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Australian Ambassador in Hanoi opposing a censorship order by the Australian Supreme Court in the state of Victoria as reported by Wikileaks on August 7.

 Australia is facing a Hepatitis " crisis-in-waiting" with half of all Australians living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C now within the "liver danger-zone" with serious liver disease scratching at the surface,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has always appreciated its ties with Australia and wants to boost this partnership for better results, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday, Feb 18.

 An Australian man who killed a great white shark by ramming it with his boat and beating it with a pole has been fined A$18,000 ($16,000; £9,000).

Julia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia, has revealed her new role as chairwoman of a major international education campaign.

 An Australian commission is hearing allegations of the physical and sexual abuse of boys in the care of the Salvation Army over several decades.

 Every year in late spring, Australia’s Christmas Island becomes covered in crabs when the more than 40 million red crustaceans that call the northwest island territory home start their annual migration to the sea,

Australia has always experienced bushfires but climate change is driving up the risk of fire danger weather, a new Bushfire Report from the Climate Council,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Australia have conducted their second defence dialogue with a view to further strengthening the strategic partnership and share their views on regional and international issue of mutual concern.

 Vietnam will continue to strengthen its public governance and develop mechanisms to better engage the public and other stakeholders in improving policymaking, anti-corruption and citizens' access to justice, especially those from vulnerable groups.

 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi has told a November 7 press briefing in Hanoi Vietnam is deeply concerned by allegations concerning Australian and US espionage operations.

 Unemployment in Australia remained unchanged at 5.7 percent in October despite the loss of nearly 28,000 full-time jobs as the mining investment boom unwinds.