VIETNAM TODAY

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.

The WTO has approved the membership of Laos, ending a 15-year effort by the country to join the global trade body.

The MOET has released a new decision offering school admission preferences to the students from the three difficult areas.

Japan approved a $5.3 billion cash injection to boost the stuttering economy, a move likely to add pressure for more central bank measures with a general election on the horizon.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked central coastal provinces to be well prepared for a storm which is forecast to batter the central coast late on October 27.

Vietnam has met all conditions to host the 18th Asian Games in 2019, says Wei Jizhong from the Olympic Council of Asia.