At least 19 foreigners, including 13 children, have been killed in a fire in an upscale shopping mall in the Qatari capital Doha.

VietNamNet Bridge – Building a large-scale garden house in a rural province is unusual, said the Minister of Information and Communications at the government’s monthly press conference on May 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local entertainment centres across the country will offer new shows during International Day for Children (June 1) that will appeal to children of all age.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Services Corporation has suggested raising bus ticket prices by 40-80 per cent.

Not only the Vietnam Shipping Industry Group (Vinashin), but the Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) have been found as the big debtors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite a cervical cancer vaccine that has been used in Vietnam since four years ago, every year sees 5,174 women on average contract the disease, with nearly 2,500 dying as a result, a doctor said.

Hundreds of parents surrounded a primary school in Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, asking for an explanation after hearing their children may not be accepted to the school.

Authorities in HCM City plan to allow advertisement on public buses in order to help reduce the huge subsidies provided for the service.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star Siu Black will stage a solo in HCM City on this Friday featuring new performances in pop, dance and rock.

Trade deficit in May in Vietnam is estimated to reach about US$700 million, with the first five months of the year reporting a deficit of $622 million, accounting from 1.45 per cent of total export turnover in the country.

Volleyball players ready for My Khe Beach challenge; Motorcyclists set to race in Da Nang at VN Club Prix; Sanna Khanh Hoa win beach football champs

VietNamNet Bridge – 36 marksmen from the host team Hanoi has performed well to win the National Shooting Championships with 19 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals.

One of the country's top anti-virus software developers, Bach Khoa Antivirus (BKAV), has launched its free online scanning service that allows individuals and companies to better manage security risks on their websites.

Central provinces of Lam Dong and Ninh Thuan are calling for investment to restore the 84km railway linking the coastal Phan Rang – Thap Cham City in Ninh Thuan Province and the mountainous resort city of Da Lat in Lam Dong Province.

Vietnamese astronomy lovers will have the chance to enjoy two interesting natural phenomena in June, including a partial lunar eclipse and a very rare transit of Venus across the sun.

VietNamNet Bridge – How many sports allow entire families to take part, offering a gamut of toughness from gruelling to not so difficult to accommodate all of them? Well, not many.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ms. Pham Thi Lai, 52, and her daughter, 33, took off their clothes in order to prevent a construction company from taking her land for its project.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked authorities in the northern Hung Yen Province to make a full report of the Van Giang land eviction on April 24, in which some protesters and two journalists were allegedly assaulted by law enforcement forces.

PM attends World Economic Forum on East Asia; VN eager to discuss defence co-operation; President Sang receives five incoming ambassadors; VN, Laos see good results in educational cooperation

National Assembly deputies agreed with the draft on Pricing Law at the morning session yesterday even though certain concerns remained regarding goods and services required for stabilisation, price registration and appraisers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister cum Defence Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie signed a military cooperation agreement in Phnom Penh on May 28.

Some years ago, the appearance of well-known government high ranking officials on the lists of enterprises’ board of management surprised many people. However, no one is unaware of this growing trend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Austrian President Heinz Fischer will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 29-31 to further promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq entered the run-off round in June of the historic presidential vote after the fall of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak,

Criminal activities in Vietnam have been getting more and more sophisticated and difficult to control in recent years, with transnational and foreign-related cases on the increase, said Pham Quy Ngo, Deputy Minister of Public Security.