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Syrian government troops massacred more than 200 people in Hama province, a rebel leader said.

The average price increase on Vietnamese drugs was higher than on their foreign counterparts.

Vietnam will tighten checks and quarantine procedures on the border with Cambodia to protect the country from an unidentified disease that has killed 56 Cambodians recently.

Afghan President called on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting his US-backed government in return for the chance to run for president of the war-torn nation.

Ministries, branches and localities should strictly implement works on nine World Bank-funded projects to bring them out of the slow-disbursement list by 2012.

At least six people died, 18 were missing and 50,000 ordered to evacuate as the heaviest rainfall on record pounded the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.

Fans descend on San Diego for the annual Comic-Con festival of pop culture, with highlights including the long-awaited "Hobbit" and last "Twilight" films, in a four-day geekfest.

The ships flying the Vietnamese flag now have the golden opportunity to regain the domestic container shipping market which is being controlled by foreign shipping firms.

After their discovery, a number of tombs with mummified remains believed to be hundreds of years old have been lost or destroyed.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will respect a court ruling overturning his decree for the dissolved Islamist-dominated parliament to convene.

Nearly 42,000 hectares of agricultural land in Hanoi have been slated for use for other purposes by 2020.

Ha Long night market has been disappointing many visitors with exorbitant rates and poor service.

A Vietnamese cargo ship in distress off the coast of West Bengal, India, is being towed 50 nautical miles to Sagar safe shelter, on the evening of July 11.

Eight teams from across the country are competing at the U17 National Football Championships in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from July 11-20.

The first working session of Vietnam'a National Nuclear Safety Council kicked off on July 11 in Hanoi.

The ASEAN+1 Foreign Ministers Meetings with 10 ASEAN partners has begun in Phnom Penh.

Pressure mounted on Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as Western powers sought a UN resolution that would give him 10 days to silence his heavy guns or face tough sanctions.

Vietnam would likely face a shortage of graduates in the fields of science and technology within the next five to seven years due to poor salaries and incentives, experts told a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Realizing that the green growth in a sustainable, environment friendly way is the urgent need for all economic sectors, local authorities have been determined to develop green tourism.