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Visitors from overseas can now have the sum of the value added tax that they have paid on goods purchased in Vietnam refunded.

At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said Monday.

University students in HCM City who have been chosen as envoys for an international programme have developed plans to improve primary-school students' awareness about sanitation and environmental protection.

Tiger Woods won the storm-hit AT&T National for his 74th career title to pass Jack Nicklaus for second place all-time on the PGA Tour list.

The jobless rate in Vietnam stood at 2.29 percent in the first six months of this year, compared to 2.58 percent in the same period last year, a senior official said.

229 out of 412 Chinese labourers at the Nghi Son Economic Zone (EZ) in central Thanh Hoa province do not have work permits.

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Jeremy Browne will visit Vietnam from July 3-5 to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Miss Vietnam 2010 runner-up Vu Hoang My will represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2012 pageant in Ordos, China, in August.

President Truong Tan Sang launched a campaign to promote hygienic practices for better public health, at a ceremony held in the northern province of Hai Duong.

Masked gunmen killed 17 people and wounded dozens in gun and grenade attacks on two churches in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia, officials said.

Vietnam welcomed over 3.3 million overseas arrivals in the first six months of this year, up 13.9 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

According to the Ministry of Health, 56 percent of hospitals in Vietnam do not have wastewater treatment systems.

The Vietnamese team participated in the fourth ASEAN School Games themed “Spirit, Friendship and Excellence”, kicking off in the Indonesian province of East Java on June 29.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamese delegation to pay an official visit to Japan from July 1-5.

Euro 2012 reaches its climax in Sunday's final in Kiev, when defending champions Spain will bid to hold off an Italy side who have steadily eased into form in trademark fashion.

Inflation has been tamed, macro-economy has stabilized and growth is moving up the slope, official statistics show.

Catching HIV does not mean the end of life. HIV carriers can live usefully and contribute to the community if the community welcomes them.

Serena Williams fired down a Wimbledon record 23 aces and Andy Murray beat the clock on Saturday.

Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to work towards signing of a mutual recognition agreement on control and supervision of quality and hygiene safety of aquatic products.