The methods local authorities are using to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) are inaccurate and impractical, and not used in any country in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

 Liberia will receive an untested experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat people infected with Ebola, the Liberian government says.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2014 V-League season officially wrapped up last weekend after the 24th-round matches. Despite tying 1-1 with SHB Da Nang, defending champions Becamex Binh Duong players and local fans had a jubilant festival

 The increasing number of migrants and residents from other provinces to HCM City has led to a shortage of teachers and classrooms, according to the city Department of Education and Training.

 Malaysia yesterday beat Viet Nam 2-0 in the second round match of the Hassanal Bolkiah ASEAN U-22 Football Championships in Brunei.

Annette Herfkens, the author of the memoirs “Turbulence: A Survival Story” and the sole survivor of a plane crash in Vietnam’s central coast province of Khanh Hoa 22 years ago, has started her week-long trip to the country.

The swine flu, or H1N1 virus, is sweeping through Australia with the virus accounting for the majority of the rising number of influenza cases this year, experts said Tuesday.

Several family members in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lak were recently hospitalised in critical condition after suspectedly eating a python and drinking wine mixed with its blood.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s minimum-wage hike has met opposition from many in the business community.

 Almost 300 lorries of humanitarian aid have left the Moscow area bound for eastern Ukraine, Russia has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Here are stunning pictures of clouds, taken from the 3,140-metre high Fansipan, which is called the roof of Indochina.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has underscored the need to identify multilateral foreign policy as an indispensable part in Vietnam’s overall external policy and international integration.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to develop a sustainable Pangasius supply chain to increase its exports to the EU, its leading export market, heard a conference held in HCM on Wednesday.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) Governor has approved a plan for restructuring of 11 of the 14 joint stock commercial banks in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stricter management over hydro power plants would benefit the public, the environment and economic development, said Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a desire to help his parents see Hue every day, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung has made a miniature Hue in bustling Saigon.

VietNamNet Bridge - Professor Francois Englert, the scientist who discovered the Higgs boson and won the Nobel Prize in 2013, is now in Binh Dinh to participate in an international workshop held by Meet Vietnam organization from August 11 to 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of hectares of protective forest in the central city of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province were burnt down after a man burnt votive items for the dead. The 14-hour fire was reported as the largest in the past 10 years.

Having a book value of VND1 trillion and original investment capital of VND1.6 trillion, the ships of Vinashinlines may eventually be sold at scrap iron prices as complicated bankruptcy procedures have stalled its operations.

 An additional 173 Vietnamese citizens working in Libya came home safely on August 11, bringing the total number of Vietnamese workers returning from the North African country to 626.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Customs officials at Noi Bai International Airport recently thwarted a passenger’s bid to smuggle more than 6.5kg of heroin hidden in luggage into Vietnam.

 The central city of Da Nang has stepped up the compilation of documents on its Hoang Sa (Paracel) island district for teaching in all local schools from the 2014-2015 academic year.

 Many leading market analysts believe it evidences Thai billionaires’ ambitions to conquer the Vietnamese retail market.

 The revised Investment Law should help ensure people's right to run businesses that are not prohibited by law, lawmakers said during a discussion yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a journey to Phu Yen a few years ago, I missed a chance to visit Da Dia basalt columns, one of the famous tourist attractions in the central coast province. So I decided to make a trip there this summer