VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City anti-environmental crime police department has detected and seized a large quantity of hazardous waste at a scrap depot in Vinh Loc B Commune, Binh Chanh District.

It is now the high business season for Tet services: car and motorbike care, money change, home decoration and beauty services. Of course, the high demand has made the services more expensive.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message emphasizing the central tasks of 2012, which include economic restructuring, growth model renovation, fast and sustainable development. The following is the full translation of his article.

American publisher Apress has published an English book by a Vietnamese student who is pursuing a Master of Information Technology program in Australia.

A one-year pilot project to revamp Ta Hien Street in Ha Noi's Old Quarter has been completed.

Share market opens sluggish; Fuel importer asks to withdraw from business; Firms resist new tax forms; 22 exports earning US$1 billion each in 2012; Group gives US$380,000 house as Tet bonus; Vietnam-a top destination for Japanese businesses  

Erosion causes dozens of homes to collapse; Three Malaysians seized for using fake ATM cards; Search called off for five lost in gold mine; Hai Phong police shot dead during chase

Both Vietnamese Super Grandmasters, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, dropped one position in the latest World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings, which were announced on January 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a strategy for developing Vietnamese youths from now until 2020.

In principle, the import tariff reductions for consumer electrics, electronics and information technology products would make products cheaper and more salable. However, distributors say the import tariff cuts will not have big effects.

While a man was attempting to remove the gunpowder from an old 105 mm warhead so that he could sell the shell, the warhead exploded, killing him and a woman and injuring four other people in Binh Thuan Province yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam News takes a look at what got the domestic footballing world talking in 2011

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that the country leaves a "window of opportunity" open for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the situation on the Korean peninsula enters a "new turning point"

VietNamNet Bridge – The 12 outstanding events in 2011 cited by the Ministry of Education and Training shows that educators have been making every effort to improve the education quality from pre-school to higher education.

The Law on Environment Protection has officially taken effect since January 1, 2012, but state management agencies remain puzzled in promulgating the legal documents to guide the implementation of the law.

The first and the second positions in the list of 100 richest stock millionaires, as anticipated, belong to Pham Nhat Vuong and Doan Nguyen Duc.

EVN Telecom’s clients say they have not been served well these days, since EVN Telecom prepares to be transferred to Viettel and it needs to get adapted to the “new life.”

Gold smuggling has been increasing since the domestic prices are much higher than the world’s prices.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) has asked Vinalines Shipping to hire ships from the Philippines to search for the missing Vinalines Queen.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first merged bank began operational, tax rates on hundreds of products are adjusted, automobile registration fees rise in Hanoi, HCM City and six laws take effect are among changes that started as of January 1.

Vietnam’s industrial competitiveness is improved but the country is still too reliant on labour intensive sectors.

U.S. President Barack Obama signed on Saturday a wide-ranging defense funding bill in Honolulu, Hawaii, calling for new sanctions against financial institutions doing business with Iran's state banking institutions.

With 1,425 points, the Haiphong born gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh was awarded the “best athlete of the year” by the vote of nearly 200 domestic sport reporters and experts.

A one-year pilot project to revamp Ta Hien Street in Ha Noi's Old Quarter has been completed.

ndustrial parks and export processing zones in the southern region, are turning their attention to attracting hi-tech and supporting industry projects that are environmentally friendly.