Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) and President Nguyen Tan Sang (R) lead a delegation of high-ranking officials to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi Thursday.

The deadly bird flu virus has returned in a mutant strain with unpredictable risks to human health, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on Monday.

Dang Duc Dung has spent nearly 25 years collecting Vietnamese ancient coins. He now owns an invaluable collection of coins which prompts him to write books to tell the country’s history.

High tide to cross danger levels in HCM City; Ovarian stimulation can have serious side-effects: doctors; Olympiad winners, university students honored; Gov’t orders tight control of chemical substances; Ten businesses sued for social insurance 

Apple lost another iPhone prototype at a Bay Area bar, according to media reports Thursday.

Though applauding the decision by the State Bank of Vietnam to require higher compulsory reserve ratio for foreign currency deposits, bankers still have doubts that the decision would be able to ease the demand for dollar loans.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of universities have been found in exploiting the mode of training to seek money, by imposing sky high fees on the students who get low marks from university entrance exams.

Two Vietnamese firms have become official members of the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), a WWF-led partnership aimed at building an international market for environmentally responsible forestry products.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the only Vietnamese football player who received a scholarship for a three-year course at the Aspire Football Institute in Qatar, Nguyen Thai Sung has passed half of the road, with obvious improvement.

Media company launches advertising contest; Canon’s annual photo contest opens; Week-long Indian food festival at Sofitel Saigon; Famous DJs come to town; Vietnam’s cultural week in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – In a five-storey house, Mr. Hung is passionately making iron-made toy boats. This is the only remaining family that makes toys for Mid-autumn Festival in Khuong Ha, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artworks of five Vietnamese artists have been nominated for the second triennial Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011, in Singapore.

Vietnam will need about 1,500 to 2,000 pilots by 2020, according to the aviation industry’s development strategy by 2020, prompting an urgent need for training of this human resource.

Coming to Can Tho City, a quiet area that tourists should not ignore is Binh Thuy Communal House, known in the past as Long Tuyen Communal House.

Algeria would hand over Muammar Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court if the embattled Libyan leader attempted to enter the North African country, Algerian local media reported Tuesday.

Real estate trading floors, which once mushroomed in the golden age, now have to shut down in masses because of the lackluster real estate market.

European Commission President Barroso on Wednesday described priorities of the Commission for autumn as "implementation."

VietNamNet Bridge – The government will raise minimum wages at both local and foreign-invested enterprises as of October 1, 2011, instead of January 1, 2012, as previously planned.

Under-reported listed company losses spook major investors; Ministry: Rice exports still under control; Capital contribution regulations full of loopholes; US retail company to open stores in Viet Nam; Sugar makers seek investment

Viet Nam Television (VTV) and HCM City Television (HTV) will broadcast a series of films including documentaries this week to celebrate the country's National Day that falls on Friday.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III faces a delicate task in China this week: taking up his country’s claim to the troubled waters of the East Sea without undermining the increasingly important economic relationship between the two countries.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to extend transportation bills about to expire next month in a bid to create badly needed jobs for the economy.

Vietnamese chess Grand International Masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son had good results in their second round matches at the World Chess Cup yesterday in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.

A concert will be held at Ha Noi Opera House to celebrate the National Day on September 2 – the 66th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's formal reading of the Declaration of Independence.

New law hopes to regulate bank wage transfers; Outbound travelers allowed to buy $100 for each day; Head-shaped termite mound sparks curiosity; Philippine court considers release of Vietnamese fishermen; Police seize 1.2 tonnes of cake mix