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Experts have warned that since the brands have been built up in a too simple way, they would not survive for a long time.

Two fire bombs were thrown at the offices of Italy's tax enforcement agency Equitalia in the port city of Livorno early on Saturday.

President Obama in his weekly address pushes "a few common-sense policies that would make a difference" with the economy.

The Internet is not a law-free zone, the government's top law officer warned Twitter users, adding that he would not hesitate to take action over offending posts.

Lawyers for Bosnian Serb ex-army chief, who faces charges linked to some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II, have called for presiding judge to be replaced and the trial delayed.

In part 2 of her second series on Dien Bien Phu, Laura Lam explores how General Giap developed new combat strategies and tactics for the battle.

A slew of State-owned enterprises have yet to pass their restructuring schemes to the Prime Minister although this is what they must have done in the first quarter.

Attendance at many entertainment venues in HCMC has fallen because of competition from the numerous on national television networks as well as the economic turndown.

Several English centres in HCMC leave their victims scratching heads after they suddenly shut down without paying refunds to students and salary arrears to teachers.

Part of streets around the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in the capital city will be turned into pedestrian streets if a proposal is approved.

Southern Binh Duong province takes the lead in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) with US$1.6 billion, or 37.2 percent of the country’s total FDI, over the past four months.

The HCM City Environmental Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Department discovered five factories in District 12 discharging untreated wastewater and emissions into the environment.

Filippo Inzaghi, Gennaro Gattuso and Alessandro Nesta will end their AC Milan careers against Novara on Sunday as the end of an era is all but completed at the San Siro.

The number of Vietnamese women dying during labour is remaining high, 75 out of 100,000 cases, health experts said.

The eurozone would cope if Greece left the currency union, Germany's finance minister said in an interview as Greek parties continued with efforts to form a government coalition.

HCM City's environment protection programme has not been effective as it has faced many obstacles that have rendered the anti-pollution measures redundant, local residents said.

As the number of foreign visitors to Ho Chi Minh City has increasingly grown, it is essential to make further efforts to protect them from criminals, the city police said.

Japanese researchers unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1,000 years because of declining birth rates.

While homeschooling remains unfamiliar to many Vietnamese, the concept has recently been imported to the country by the parents who have the chances to work and live abroad.