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Syria warned of using chemical weapons if attacked, as regime troops reclaimed most of Damascus after a week of clashes.

The number of businesses applying online tax registration has surged sharply by geometric progression, according to the General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnam has been ranked as 7th top emerging market for the 2012 – 2017 period, according to a report released last week by Finnish advisory group Global Intelligence Alliance.

A robotics professor in Singapore has invented a gadget equipped with motion-sensitive electronic "lips" that allow amorous but absent couples to exchange long-distance smooches via the Internet.

The European Union on Monday agreed to lift most sanctions against Zimbabwe firms and individuals once the country has held "a peaceful and credible" vote on a new constitution.

An increasingly skewed sex ratio, a decline in the use of contraceptives, and a sudden baby loom in the first five months all add up to a gloomy picture for family planning authorities.

Spanish long-term borrowing costs jumped to record highs as investors turned increasingly sceptical about government efforts to stabilise a stricken banking system and the public finances.

Hanoians are choosing to escape the sweltering temperatures and choosing to go fishing in the evening instead.

The enterprises in the HCMC Hi-tech Park have complained they are facing too many difficulties in expanding business, while their products remain unreachable to customers due to the complicated procedures.

Pollution was spreading in the Dong Nai River Basin, the main source of water for 16 million people living in the area, including HCM City.

Bradley Wiggins has been crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion, becoming an instant sporting hero at home just ahead of the London Olympics- in which he hopes to star again.

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power as his troops launched a fresh assault on rebels in Damascus and the second city Aleppo.

Tropical storm Vicente is moving in the East Sea towards Southern China and will likely enter the Tonkin Gulf tomorrow, Vietnam’s Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center reported.

Many groups from the US are pouring investments into Vietnam, hoping to become the leading investor in the country.

The National Assemblies of Vietnam and Cambodia signed an agreement in Hanoi to strengthen the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two legislative bodies.

The death toll from the heaviest rain to hit Beijing in over 60 years has risen to 37, Chinese state media reported.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a workshop on Thursday to discuss a three-year master plan to improve State management of festivals.

A lot of well-known tourism sites throughout the country have become vast dumping grounds.

A series of Vietnamese-made cartoons entitled “Say Hi to Pencil” has been aired on Ho Chi Minh City Television at 6.20pm on every Monday and Thursday.