Central Da Nang City is speeding up land clearance and infrastructure development to attract investment for its Hi-Tech Park.

SHB Da Nang has petitioned to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and other relevant agencies to temporarily halt the organizing of the V-League, due to a myriad of problems relating to referees.

The death toll of early Tuesday's ferry capsizal in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district has risen to 66 on Wednesday morning after another 35 bodies were retrieved from River Meghna.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and international scientists have discovered two news genera of ginger in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has requested related agencies to consider the petition of transport associations on reducing the toll on HCM City-Trung Luong expressway.

Twenty-eight Belgians were killed in a serious bus accident that occurred in southwest Switzerland on Tuesday night, Swiss police confirmed early Wednesday.

Six engineers from a company based in Ho Chi Minh City died when crossing the Krong No River in the central highland province of Dak Nong on the afternoon of March 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Paediatric Hospital is often overcrowded with long wait times because district level hospitals and commune medical stations lack paediatricians.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several taxi firms have raised fares after the recent hike in domestic fuel prices. Enterprises expect to charge about 10 per cent more, reflecting the equivalent increase in the cost of petrol.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 12-year-old boy with special voice is one of the two contestants who were named as the winners of the second semi-final show of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012 on March 13.

The import tariffs have been decreasing under the commitments Vietnam made within multilateral and bilateral agreements, but the sale prices of imports keep rising.

Marseille knocked Inter Milan out of the Champions League to reach the quarter-finals thanks to an away goal scored in the stoppage time at San Siro on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh, 76, is considered the person who has the longest hair in Vietnam. Her hair is over five meters long. Since the age of 19, Dinh has never cut or wash her hair.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dien Bien Phu City in northwestern Dien Bien Province opened its first ever night market on Monday to promote its tourism potential, said the city's deputy chairman Nguyen Duc Duyen.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 163-member Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) was elected at an ongoing congress in Hanoi on March 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – Unfavourable weather conditions that weaken the resistance of poultry and free-ranging duck flocks are increasing the risk of bird flu outbreaks in southern provinces,

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that four major U.S. banks have failed to pass its latest round of stress test.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. could still meet its objectives in Afghan war despite recent incidents including the shooting rampage by a U. S. soldier which killed 16 Afghan civilians over the weekend.

HIV prevention facts reach at-risk populations; Fire torches 42 workers’ rooms in Ca Mau; Muong Nhe District conspirators tried; Many children fall ill due to hot weather

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi's single-channel 17-minute video, Human Opera XXX 2005, has opened at San Art gallery in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Any amendments to the 1992 Constitution must comply with the rule that all State power belongs to the people, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Japan got the permission from China to purchase 65 billion yuan (about 10.3 billion U.S. dollars) worth of Chinese government bond, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will select two of seven local coaches to appoint as the chief coaches of the national football squad and the national under-23 (U23) team.

Analysts say Japanese investors are targeting consumer goods manufacturers, retailers and finance groups with reasonable values. The number of M&A deals is expected to be double this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have asked the government and the Ministry of Home Affairs’ permission to appoint one more vice chair for nine districts in the city.