VietNamNet Bridge – Officials from the Forest Management Department in the southern province of Binh Duong confiscated four white-cheeked gibbons which were kept illegally at two premises in the province.

Rising floodwaters in the Cuu Long Delta have broken several dykes in provinces along the upper reaches of the river, especially in An Giang and Dong Thap, inundating thousands of hectares of the autumn-winter rice crop.

VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Nesat is forecast to hit provinces from northern Quang Ninh to central Nghe An tomorrow afternoon, Sep 30, warned the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam hoped the Dutch Government would offer more support to help the country cope with climate change and build sea defences,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to Vietnam in mid-October with an aim to bolster relations between the two countries in investment and other areas, the Minister of State at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of combination and mutual-understanding among ministries and government agencies in implementing economic-social missions will cause awful consequences.

The Ministry of Education and Training says that primary school students have to carry no more than 9 textbooks to school every day. However, in fact, in order to fulfill their learning duties, students have to bring up to 20 textbooks to school.

A lot of Vietnamese customers, especially the young people, rush to hunt for hi-tech products of the latest generations right after they hit the market, and rush to bargain the products away just after a short time of use.

At least 13 people had been killed amid 72 sickened in 18 states in listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes, making it the most deadly U.S. outbreak of food-borne infection since 1998,

The operator of Shanghai's subway Line 10 admitted Wednesday that human error played a role in Tuesday's train crash that left 189 people injured.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of illegal parking lots in the inner city are located on pavements, causing traffic congestion and danger to pedestrians.

The domestic gold prices are believed to be controlled by the big enterprises which are holding the biggest market share. Especially, the price in the Vietnamese market is 4.4 million dong per tael higher than the world market.

People having a dog is way healthier than those don't, both physically and mentally, media reports said Tuesday.

Typhoon Nesat exited the Philippines Wednesday, leaving 31 people dead, over 60,000 families displaced and damaging nearly 1 billion pesos (22.8 million U.S. dollars) worth of infrastructure and crops.

VietNamNet Bridge – Painter Ngoc Mai, 60, has spent 12 years to create dozens of paintings depicting impressive moments in great poet Nguyen Du’s “The Tale of Kieu”.

Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka was giving few secrets away ahead of his side' s Champions League clash at home to Ajax on Tuesday night.

Two civilians were killed and 26 others injured on Tuesday morning when a suicide car bomb went off in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said.

The local motorbike market this year has seen a boom for manufacturers and retailers despite the current economic uncertainty.

Companies struggle to rediscover their feet; Fluctuating EU, US markets drop textile, garment export earnings; Real-estate firms must look to private sector; Handicrafts under pressure; Viet Nam Steel finally begins equitisation  

State-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation’s frauds cost the state budget VND907 billion (US$45.35 million), the Ministry of Public Security has said.

Typhoon Nesat has entered the East Sea and is heading towards the Gulf of Tonkin threatening the northern and central provinces and affecting the lives of thousands of fishermen still at sea, Vietnam's national weather bureau said Wednesday. 

Rio de Janeiro has the highest level of air pollution in Brazil, and is more polluted than many other world metropolis like New York, London and Paris, a World Health Organization (WHO) study said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tennis player, Nguyen Hoang Thien, 17, has made a great leap in the rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), from 238th to 144th. Behind Thien is Vietnamese Canadian player, Nguyen Thai Binh.

Australian twin duo, Nervo, to DJ in Ho Chi Minh City; 'Weirdo' hip hop trio hit Hanoi; Online film fest to bring works to Paris; Musical concert to celebrate the nostalgia of autumn in Hanoi     

Thousands of OV families in Cambodia hit by floods; Officials’ drinking buddy arrested; More funds sought for HIV prevention; Interpol General Assembly heads to Hanoi