At least 14 people died, 11 others were missing and more than three million people were affected in rain-triggered flooding in southwestern Sichuan Province as of 2 p.m. Monday, the local government said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and China want to bring bilateral defence relations to a new height, said Lieut. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Head of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) General Department of Politics.

The Mekong Delta is emerging as a tourism investment hotspot.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, male models of all generations will gather in one show.

Cooperating to develop services on social networks will bring social networks’ owners and content providers (CP) the opportunities to access the large community of netizens and earn big money.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has officially refuted the suggestions made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), on the issues relating to the credit policy to help ease the difficulties burdening enterprises.

"The Lion King 3-D," a Disney animated film which first hit the screen in 1994 and re- leased in 3-D format over the weekend, performed exceptionally well and dethroned last week's top earner "Contagion" with a solid gross.

The Mekong Delta provinces will increase the combined capacity of their ports system from 15.7 million tonnes in 2010 to 28 million tonnes in 2020.

More than 400 people, including 26 tourists, have been rescued in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim after Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the Indo-Asian News Service reported Monday.

Seven people, including six men and one woman, were arrested as part of a "large pre-planned" counter-terrorism raid by police in the British city of Birmingham, local police announced on Monday.

GM stops making Daewoo cars in Vietnam; Association suggests restructuring banks; 14 European countries invest in Hanoi; Operations resume at Dung Quat Refinery; Ministry permits massive imports of high-grade salt  

A delegation of the Cambodian Royal Army headed by General Meoung Samphan, State Secretary for the Defence Ministry, is on a working visit to Vietnam from Sept. 18-24.

The Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam (Agribank) plans to provide about VND5 trillion (US$240 million) in loans to the domestic coffee sector.

At least seven people have died and 22 others were injured in a southern county of China's Tibet Autonomous Region after a strong earthquake centered in the state of Sikkim in northern India hit on Sunday evening.

Five people were killed after a strong earthquake shook eastern parts of Nepal on Sunday evening, police said.

A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts returned to the Earth Friday, the Mission Control Center outside Moscow confirmed.

The toll from the powerful earthquake in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim has risen to at least 26 while hundreds were reportedly injured, according to local media reports Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoc Thach’s Gold Prize at the Vietnam Super Model 2010 competition is not enough for her to representative Vietnam at the Miss Earth 2011 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quoc Dan, 27, who graduated from the HCM City Fine Art University two years ago, seems to be “eccentric” to state that he only pains artworks that nobody could imitate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police have confirmed that Deputy Minister of Health, Cao Minh Quang, used a fake doctoral degree.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some researchers of the Department of Science-Technology of Lam Dong province on September 15, discovered three red lingzhi mushrooms on an ancient pine tree at the gate of the Da Lat Palace hotel.

VietNamNet Bridge – Exaggerated advertising, performing illegal services and using foreign doctors without work permits are popular violations of consulting rooms that use Chinese doctors in Hanoi and HCM City.

 Flood threatens Nghe An Province; Dog thieves shoot man to death; Students access net in remote district; Prosecutors warned for breaching Party moral code

The Dak Lak provincial authorities still have not made a final decision on whether to take legal proceedings to reclaim the Buon Ma Thuot geographical indication, or demand the brand back through the diplomatic channel.

VietNamNet Bridge – Individuals and organisations should act to protect the environment for mitigating climate change as well as the sustainable development of the country,