A Picasso painting was stolen last Friday from a museum in Colombia's southwestern department of Cauca, the museum authorities said on Tuesday.

A recent study carried out by Israeli researchers showed that the experience of motherhood is caused by alterations in the brain functions that help mothers locate and communicate with their offspring, especially if they are in distress.

VietNamNet Bridge – The largest private weapon museum is one of the 12 Vietnamese records that were announced by the Vietnam Record Book Center last week.

Vowing to compete with the three “big giants” VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel, Beeline has launched an impressive promotion campaign to attract more users, which has made the telecom market become hottest than ever.

"Paranormal Activity 3" opened as the top grosser at the weekend box office in North America, raking in a whopping 54-million-U.S.-dollar receipt, while other films debuted with lackluster showings.

The State Audit of Viet Nam released a report yesterday concluding that the petroleum price stabilisation fund – used by petrol distributors to offset losses due to market price fluctuation – has passed an audit with flying colours.

Labor-intensive firms to benefit from tax payment delays; Animal husbandry to become conditional sector; Port project postponed; millions of dollars wasted; State firms dominate tax payers list; Vung Tau cancels license for amusement park

Day and night, survivors and rescuers battled to pull people out of the debris in the quake-struck eastern province of Turkey, especially the worst-hit town of Ercis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fashion designer Vo Viet Chung was the only Asian representative at the famous "J Autumn Fashion Show" in London, the UK.

VietNamNet Bridge – The shortage of English teachers for the program on teaching English to primary school students, which was warned before when the program was launched, has become more serious.

The death toll in quake-hit province of Van in eastern Turkey has increased to 366 and the number of the injured to around 1,301, the country's Disaster and Emergency Administration said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The imminent death of Vietnamese-brand mobile phones should not be explained only by the difficult economic difficulties which has made the purchasing power decrease, but also by their weak competitiveness.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was buried early Tuesday morning in a secret location in the desert, Al-Jazeera television reported, quoting an official of the ruling Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC).

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies on October 24, analyzed in group matters of budget revenue and spending, particularly government debt and overspending.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi plans to build short steel flyovers to ease chronic, rush-hour traffic congestion at nine city intersections.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has left his post as Leicester manager following the club's mediocre start to the season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Well-known Agent Orange victim Nguyen Son Lam has finished his adventure to Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest peak of 3,143m, at noon October 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - Actress Lan Ngoc has won the Best Foreign Actress Award for her role in “Floating Lives” at the Chinese Golden Rooster Awards 2011.

The UN General Assembly on Monday elected Azerbaijan to a two-year term on the UN Security Council, making it join Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala and Togo as the five new non-permanent members of the most powerful UN body.

Wall Street held its strong gain to the last minute of trading on Monday, buoyed by strong earnings from Caterpillar and hopes on a concrete resolution to the European debt woes.

The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14.

The dollar free market is bustling these days since the dollar price has been escalating, and the demand for dollar has also been increasing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 5,000 new cases of the hand-foot-mouth disease were reported over the last week, raising the total number of cases to more than 76,120 this year, the Preventive Medicine Administration announced on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Photographer Le Hoai Phuong has released a photo book about Vietnam’s wild birds, with different approaches.

PM welcomes int’l organization representatives; Japanese PM seeks strategic ties boost; UN ready to co-ordinate closely to help care for flood victims