Powerful and shallow quake in Aceh of Indonesia on Tuesday has killed 22 people, injured 218 others and damaged thousands of houses, official said here on Wednesday.

 Viet Nam values broad co-operation with Japan: PM; CPV delegation visits China; Defence Minister receives Brunei Navy Commander; NZ ambassador vows stronger links with Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 10 foreign investors have rented over 82ha of land illegally in the Mekong province of Ben Tre, the provincial authority of Ben Tre has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violist Nguyen Huu Nguyen, soloist with the French National Orchestra, and his friends will perform a chamber music concert at the HCM City Conservatory on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, Vietnam has around 300,000 abortions, the highest number in the region and the fifth in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Vovinam Championships will be held in France from July 5-7 with participation from 25 delegations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam manufacturing sector was hit by marked downturns in output and new orders in June, leading companies to cut employment and purchasing,

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty-one lacquer paintings created by three generations of students and lecturers of the Ha Noi Fine Arts College are on display at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum on Nguyen Thai Hoc until next Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will launch a special promotion month in November, with the aim of stimulating consumer demand and attracting both local and international tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to mobilise capital through BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer), BT (Build-Transfer) and PPP (Public-Private Partnership) investment forms to further develop its road infrastructure,

 Watching an avatar, or a computer-generated figure, that performs weight-loss behaviors in a virtual community might help some women shed pounds in the real world,

VietNamNet Bridge – The establishment of Con Co Island Marine Reserve is a basis for central Quang Tri Province to manage its marine resources and environment in a collective, unified and effective way.

 Localities step up rice hoarding; Shell Viet Nam to expand market share; Firms target dollar loans from foreign banks; Cacao sector runs before it can walk; Downturn hits industry index growth rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Student Hoang The Anh from the high school Bac Giang excellently won in the competition named Road to Olympia 2013 and became the new champion of the game.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has hold 35 gold bidding sessions and sold 865,000 taels of gold to local banks since March as a measures to help them repay their depositors and close their gold accounts

 VietNamNet Bridge - To concretize the Law of the Capital City, at its 7th session on July 1-8, the Hanoi People’s Council will decide the list of the construction works for conservation.

 A freshwater shrimp, an island-dwelling lizard and a pupfish from Arizona have been declared extinct, while nearly 21,000 species are at risk of dying out, an updated "Red List" showed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Tax Department has collected an addition of over VND1.3 billion of personal income taxes from five well-known artists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Dinh Nai clinched a silver medal for Viet Nam in the men's billiards 1 cushion single event at the ongoing Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday.

HCM City-based band Parasite shook off another five bands in the final round of the national rock contest, Tiger Translate – Battle of the Bands on Saturday to win the chance of sharing the stage with the acclaimed Lacuna Coil

 VietNamNet Bridge – Storm Rumbia rumbled in north of China's Leizhou Peninsula this morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tri Viet (First News) Publishing House, a well-known, HCM City-based English language academic publisher, has officially taken out a lawsuit against the private printing centre Huy Thi, for violation of copyright.

"Hanoi currently has 600 relics that are seriously degraded. We need about VND6 trillion ($286 million) to repair the relics and this is a very big amount," said Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge - British newspapers reported that two Spanish players of Arsenal - Santi Cazorla Arsenal and Nacho Monreal are possible absent from the Asian tour to save their strength for the new season.

France's financial market regulator said Monday it had fined luxury conglomerate LVMH a record 8 million euros for failing to inform markets it was raising its stake in elite handbag and scarf maker Hermes.