Investors target pharmaceuticals; Trade Minister in US on investment search; First oil to enhance nation's energy security; Vietnam imports 25% more from China; Central bank licenses new gold imports  

Large volumes of untreated animal waste are being dumped directly into the environment, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health, agricultural experts have said.

Thanh Hoa authorities have to think of the reality and viability of using available facilities at a military airport for civil purposes before the province thinks about building a new airport at an estimated cost of over VND2.6 trillion.

The merger and acquisition (M&A) has been increasing in scale with the total turnover in the first nine months of the year reaching 2.67 billion dollars, far exceeding the 1.75 billion level obtained in 2010.

A project focused on developing rice straw-woven products aimed at tourists was recently set in place by the Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development (STD).

VietNamNet Bridge – Professional training will create high-quality products. That theory is proven by the football team from Aspire Institute (Qatar) at the HCM City Cup.

Nearly 100 hectares of the artificial forests in A Luoi district have been chopped down by local residents for timber and farming, while local authorities have been powerless

Scientists think that there might exist, a dangerous fracture in the area reserved for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant, urging to conduct thorough survey on the issue to avoid possible risks.

Eighteen Vietnamese fishermen – out of the 122 who have been arrested in the Philippines since May 30­ – arrived safely yesterday at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Vietnam is the fifth Southeast Asian country that is in the last research stage of dengue fever vaccine: test on humans.

Students of non-state universities are moaning about the high tuitions they have to pay, which are much higher than the tuition levels announced by the schools before.

Vietnam failed to qualify for the 2012 AFC Under-16 Championship after losing to Japan 2-5 in the tournament's fifth and final Group F qualifying match on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – “The national spirit is running in my heart,” fashion designer Quynh Paris told VietNamNet after her trip to France to join the Prête à Porter Paris 2012-2013 Fashion Week in Paris from September 3-6.

Facebook on Thursday introduced a new feature called Open Graph, enabling users to access and share a wide range of media and lifestyle content on the social network site.

Vietnam is still not a familiar destination for Japanese leisure travelers, even though Vietnam ranks 12th out of 30 countries welcoming Japanese visitors in 2010, said a Japanese tourism entrepreneur.

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables could help protect teenagers from mental health problems, according to an Australian study published on Thursday in the scientific journal PLoS One.

A company in Hong Kong (Viet Huong Company) has registered Phu Quoc fish sauce as its exclusive trademark in Hong Kong, China. Meanwhile, the Vietnamese Phu Quoc Fish Sauce proves to be too slow in making reactions to the behavior.

Tens of quarries are operating in the buffer zone and dozens of restaurants selling wild meat are located on the way to Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park in Quang Binh province, a world natural heritage. But the local authorities do nothing.

Oversupply depresses fruit prices; Phu Quoc mega project threat; Long Thanh investors to gain wings; Paper project set for wrap up; Property market pins hopes on trusts estate investment trusts; China probe policy slows rubber exports  

VietNamNet Bridge – A model posed with an elephant. Others played a tiger or a Roman warrior. Many contestants sought unique ideas for the outdoor photo shoot.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to his restive nation Friday morning from Saudi Arabia, the state-run TV and Saba news agency reported.

The Ministry of Health has claimed that so far 52,000 people from 61 cities and provinces across the country have contracted the hand-foot-mouth disease while 109 persons have succumbed to it, within this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued strict guidelines to limit motorcycle traffic in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on trial, as part of a pilot scheme to ease traffic congestion nationwide.

The UN highly values Vietnam ’s success in implementing millennium development goals (MDGs) as well as its effective participation in the “One-UN” initiative in the country.

Death toll from an epidemic of dengue fever, which has gripped Pakistan's most populous and eastern province of Punjab, has now reached 62 as another man died on Thursday, health officials and local media reported.