An international team of researchers funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating

The domestic fisheries sector has set itself the target of reducing gas emissions, particularly in aquaculture activities, by 20 per cent over the next 10 years.

Myanmar surgeons have successfully separated the fifth conjoined twin baby girls, official media reported Thursday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday expressed deep concern over the possible military- dimensioned nuclear program in Iran, and called for a diplomatic solution, rather than the military one, to the nuclear standoff with Iran,

Economic growth has been defined as the major momentum of Vietnam’s human development progress, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam .

Greece's membership in the eurozone is a guarantee for its monetary stability, said newly appointed Greek Interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Thursday.

Money, games and gambling prove to have irresistible attractiveness to many students, because of which--they abandon studying and have to regret later about that.

Leaders of the European Union (EU) on Thursday urged the Greek unity government to fulfill the country's commitments to get itself out of the debt crisis.

Nguyen Thanh Phong's Man-Turned-Tiger was awarded Best Comics Strip at the Asian Youth Animation&Comics Contest 2011 held in Guizhou, China.

Awareness in three vegetative patients were detected in a portable electrode test, a new study shows. If replicated, the method may change standards in treating such patients.

Adjusting the dong/dollar exchange rate proves to be unavoidable move. The question for now is not whether to adjust the exchange rate further, but what to do to avoid a big devaluation of the local currency and maintain the monetary stability.

Mercedes-Benz dealer accused of deception; VN, India talk measures to achieve $7 bln trade target; Raising coal prices under discussion; Liquidity stresses spread to securities; Income tax to be cut 30% for small business  

Seven people were killed and 23 others injured in a magnitude-5.6 quake in eastern Turkey, the Turkish government said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 350,000 people died from non-infectious diseases each year, a sharp increase over previous years, according to the HCM City Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four polluting factories in HCM City were forced to suspend operations by having their power supply cut and their machinery and equipment sealed,

Italy's borrowing cost soared to breaking point on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Tuesday that he would resign after reforms aimed at calming the eurozone turmoil was adopted.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch artist Rienke Enghardt cannot remember exactly how many times she has returned to Viet Nam since her first visit in 1993, but she believes that this is the third time interactive art project Hope Box

With the good infrastructure conditions and grandiose natural landscapes, Ha Long has become an attractive destination for real estate developers.

Hanoi hosts int’l agricultural forum; US tourist leaves wallet on taxi, driver takes off; Mentally ill woman climbs high-voltage pole; Driver of truck in deadly accident had no license

Russian weightlifter Oxana Slivenko beat Chinese teenager Xiang Yanmei to win her third title in the women's 69 kilograms at the World Championships on Wednesday.

 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named three members of Ghana's senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, among 10 players shortlisted to compete for the 2011 African footballer of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Art Performing Agency on November 9, permitted the Viet Bac Folk Music Theatre to organize the second live show of famous overseas Vietnamese singer Che Linh in Hanoi.

At the time traffic jams and traffic accidents are getting serious in Hanoi and HCM City, the public is surprised when the transport sector announces to building golf courses in HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport and in Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport.

The 17th Vietnam Film Festival is expected to attract about 1,000 delegates and 108 films, said Ngo Phuong Lan, vice chief of the Vietnam Cinema Agency and vice chief organizer of the festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Downpours and water discharged by hydro-power plants in the central region has submerged hundreds of thousands of families in the lowlands, 22 people died.