Son Tra Peninsula, about 10km from downtown Da Nang, is a favoured destination for local and foreign tourists in the summer holidays, with pristine, sunny beaches and various natural sites to attract wildlife watchers and adventurers.

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a way to kill cancer cells by "starving" them of energy, and the discovery paves the way for more effective cancer treatment, NUS said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many charnel houses with special wood statues of Co To ethnic minority people are preserved in Thuong Long commune in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge – Processing and manufacturing prove to be the ones that have been distressed most in the last four months, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to build an organization that is specialized in coping with disasters, search and rescue.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam-Laos friendship is proven very clearly at the Prince Souphanouvong (late Lao President) Museum in Vientiane, Laos.

Facebook on Thursday set the price for its highly-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) at 38 dollars per share, the high end of its expected range of 34 dollars to 38 dollars per share.

Experts optimistic about stock market; Shipping firms hit by big waves; Life buoy may miss drowning firms; New SBV Deputy Governor to fast-track restructuring plans; Big layoffs reported at city’s IPs, EPZs   

Vietnamese users are today able to use the Directions service powered by Google Maps again, after a five-day temporary haul.

On the 122nd birth anniversary of the late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ho Chi Minh City held an exhibition titled “President Ho Chi Minh and the task of building, re-organising the Communist Party”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation and the Vietnamese Embassy in India got together on May 17 to celebrate the 122nd birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.

The real game has been officially on since the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera and the screening of three movies vying for the coveted Palme d'Or in the first two days of the world's top movie showcase.

The Nhan Dan Newspaper, in collaboration with PVI Holdings under the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, held a ceremony to present the awards for the 2012 ‘Studying and Following President Ho Chi Minh’s Moral Example’ writing contest.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Voice of the Wall” is the name of French artist Lolo Zazar's photo exhibition at L'Espace, Hanoi, which depicts Hanoi's patchy walls.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses’ managers, and team leaders have also joined the army of unemployed people who get unemployment benefits.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sung Sot Cave, the most beautiful grotto in Ha Long Bay, is being smeared and destroyed by waste and small changes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the Valley of Love, a well-known tourist destination in Da Lat city, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, is an interlaced network of tunnels of a hundred of kilometers to serve the illegal exploitation of tin.

VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol stations in HCM City that were built before March 16, 2007, and fail to meet safety and other standards will have to be moved or renovated until they do so, the People's Committee has decided.

International ratings agency Fitch announced Thursday to have cut Greece's credit rating from B- to CCC, citing the "hightened risk" that Greece could leave the euro zone.

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Cycling to the Northern Delta Tournament will kick off in Ha Noi tomorrow (May 19).

HCM City pork free of lean-meat agents; Traffic deaths down by 30 per cent; Pickled plums with cancer-causing substance detected; Proposal to manage taxis fails to pass

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Road Administration has instructed the contractor of the Thang Long Bridge to repair cracks on the road surface following several unsuccessful attempts.

Businesses have been trying every way to turn the inventories into cash to get money for re-investment.

A festival was held in late President Ho Chi Minh’s home village of Sen, in Kim Lien commune in the central province of Nghe An, on May 17 to mark his 122 nd birthday on May 19.

Because of the cheap price and wide range of selections, 3D cinema cafes have been attracting many young people.