The funeral of Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tu, Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha’s Executive Council, was held at Hanoi’s Quan Su pagoda on November 30, with the participation of thousands of people and Buddhists

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam front leaders meet in Phnom Penh; Leaders to visit Cambodia, Europe; Vietnamese NA delegation attends IPU hearing in New York

James Murdoch has been re-elected BSkyB chairman with more than three quarters of shareholders' votes, amid calls for his resignation due to the phone-hacking scandle in his defunct tabloid.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities are searching for a new habitat for the critically endangered Indochinese silvered langur (or Trachypithecus germaini), to save the species from extinction.

Most of the insurance companies which “join hands” with foreign strategic partners are the “big cheeses”. Therefore, they do not aim to have more capital when inviting foreigners’ cooperation, but they expect the technology transfer.

Travel agents are offering many attractive tours for Christmas and New Year holidaymakers.

U.S. stocks soared on Wednesday, with major indexes hitting a two-week high, after the world's major central banks took coordinated action to boost liquidity in the world financial system.

Grant to help Quang Tri clear unexploded ordnance; Policeman returns $1,500 left in ATM booth to owner; Nation launches population planning month

Football experts have disagreed with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on its reasons given for the national U-23 football team’s loss at the 26th SEA Games last week, and even accused the body of dodging its responsibilities.

If the State Bank of Vietnam keeps tightening the monetary policies, this would lead to the sharp fall of the productivity, which may make the high inflation return, economists have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Measures to fight wrongdoing and corruption in the banking system and ensure bank deposits are urgently needed, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday, Nov 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has submitted a proposal on a nine-day holiday for the upcoming lunar New Year to the government.

VietNamNet Bridge – The organizers of the Vietnam Next Top Model reality show have invited three contestants to see their lawyers, after these contestants disclosed information about the reality show on their blogs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese teenagers Hoang Quy Phuoc and Nguyen Thi Anh Vien are set to begin an extensive training programme in the US from next year,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam highly valued the great support and assistance given by the people of Belarus in its past struggle for national independence and the present cause of national reconstruction,

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses have geared up to boost sales in the year-end sales seasons. They have also changed the product structure to satisfy the taste of customers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Thai counterpart, Yingluck Shinawatra, vowed to do their utmost to deepen comprehensive co-operation between Viet Nam and Thailand at talks in the capital held yesterday.

Heading football frequently may cause brain damage leading to subtle but serious declines in thinking and coordination skills, a new study suggested as quoted by media reports Wednesday.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest around VND1.4 trillion (US$70 million) in bio-technology during the period 2010-2015, with 89 percent of the amount or VND1.2 trillion coming from state budget.

Native English teachers speak too fast that students cannot understand them, or teachers make “strange gestures” as snipping cheeks and touching the bodies of students are the things that occurred at many schools.

It is expected that the skeleton of the dead Java rhino (rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), the last one in Vietnam, would be reconstructed for displaying at the Cat Tien National Park.

Domestic enterprises need to be encouraged to produce online games, especially educational games, said Le Manh Ha, Deputy Mayor of HCM City.

China's central bank said on Wednesday that it will lower banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points starting Dec. 5.

The Paris-based UNESCO on Tuesday added 11 new items to the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding as it concluded the sixth session of its Intergovernmental Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – The impacts of hydropower plants on the virgin forest in Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai River and over ten of million of people in the downstream area are real. But the truth has not been checked thoroughly.