An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 18:09 p.m. ( 0908 GMT) on Wednesday, the Japan Meterological Agency said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three noted fashion designers – Thuan Viet, Truong Thanh Hai and Hoang Hai – introduced their new designs at a fashion show on March 13 in HCM City.

Vietnam's biggest cities rank bottom on competitiveness; Habubank dispels acquisition rumor; Coke, Pepsi claim no cancer-causing substances in Vietnam products; Businesses blame banks, tax agencies for problems

Seventeen members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturing Association (VAMA) last month sold a total of nearly 6,120 vehicles, down 25 percent over the same period last year, but up a significant 43 percent since January, the association reported.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has won the central bank’s approval to allow tourism firms to net the highest deposit rates based on negotiations with local banks instead of non-term rates like now.

The European Union (EU) must eye a stronger role in the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday here after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti.

Quyen Thien Dac to play with Trio PO Nilsson; Vietnamese ethnic festival to be held in Hanoi; US reality singing contest to hit Vietnam; L’Espace shows Oscar-nominated Incendies; Famous cartoonists display works  

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.