VIETNAM TODAY

The Bomb and Mine Clearance Unit under the Lung Lo Construction Corporation has discovered an unexploded bomb which weighs 3,000 pounds (1.5 tonnes).

The updated draft law of capital city said that Hanoi may restrict immigration into the city in the near future.

An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit in the US.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended a ceremony to start the upgrade and expansion of the National Highway 15A and the construction of Truong Bon temple, showroom and memorial site in Nghe An.

NA deputies have said the new law which would change the method of execution for death-row inmates could be unfeasible.

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, reacting to a Milan court's conviction for tax fraud, said on Saturday he would stay in politics.

Fish sauce from Phu Quoc island has become Vietnam’s first product to qualify for the European Union’s Protected Designation of Origin.

The current policies do not offer the preferences attractive enough to encourage bachelors to return to home villages after the graduation.

The iconic Hollywood sign overlooking Tinseltown is getting its biggest renovation for 35 years, ahead of its 90th birthday next year.

The State Bank of Vietnam has proposed the Ministry of Finance levy a special consumption tax on gold, said an official.

Vietnam will strengthen its effort to crack down the rampant smuggling of poultry along the border with China so as to protect the domestic livestock sector.

Victoria Azarenka secured the year-ending world number one ranking on Friday when she reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships.

Foreign direct investment in the first 10 months hit $10.5 million, said the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A ceasefire in Syria was violated when a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in Damascus.

Border guards in central Binh Dinh province have received three Philippine fishermen who were in distress in the waters of Truong Sa archipelago.

The World Bank will lend Vietnam US$50 million to build waste water treatment plants and improve environmental policies in industrial zones in four provinces of Vietnam.

Four Vietnamese records, among 20 recommended by the Vietnam Book of Records, have officially won Asian titles by the Asia Book of Records.

Vietnam may increase the personal income tax threshold to VND9 million from current a VND4 million under a draft law on the issue.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Egyptians to restart their revolution to press for Islamic law and called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, the SITE Intelligence Group said.