Power shifts, interstate competition, military modernisation, institutional pressures: together, these factors are making Asia's waterways more contested, crowded and at risk of armed strife.

A series of terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Thursday left at least seven Israelis dead and several dozen others wounded.

VietNamNet Bridge – There have been signs showing that the interest rates have begun decreasing, but experts believe that the sharp falls will not occur.

Wall Street plummeted on Thursday as concerns over European debt problems and U.S. economic downturn spurred broad sell-off.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dong Duong Buddhist College, a National Heritage site, would be given back its splendid beauty, a conference on the preservation of cultural relics in central Quang Nam Province was told on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fact that travel firms and airlines decided to cooperate to develop MICE (meeting, incentives, conference, exhibition) tourism promises the bright prospect for the “no-smoke industry”.

A storm has killed three and injured some 40 people at a music festival in the eastern Belgian city of Hasselt on Thursday, said the Hasselt mayor.

VietNamNet Bridge – If you're looking to escape from the summer heat, you could do worse than hop on an overnight train to Sa Pa – after all, that was why the French established the hill station in the first place.

  $11,000 grant for overseas work; HCMC to use cameras for firefighting, rescue; Snap demonstrations, gatherings banned; Website on Vietnamese martyrs makes debut

VietNamNet Bridge – A month of films featuring Vietnamese revolutionaries will be screened by leading television stations beginning this weekend to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the August 1945 Revolution and Independence Day

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's futsal (indoor football) team will play against Malaysia in the opener in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship qualifiers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The first completely indigenous made-in-Vietnam oil-rig in Dai Hung Mine, 265 kilometers from the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is now complete and fully operational.

The Enterprise Law, praised as making a breakthrough in creating a better business environment for enterprises by removing the discriminatory treatment on enterprises of different ownership forms and economic sectors, has shown a lot of problems.

Strengthening Vietnam-Indonesia relations; Phu Tho receives coral from Truong Sa archipelago; Irish ambassador to Vietnam honoured with Friendship Order

VietNamNet Bridge – Top national judo athlete Van Ngoc Tu, 24, left for France yesterday, Aug 18, to take part in the World Judo Championships which kicks off in Paris next Tuesday.

Investors in main European exchanges remain jittery over the globe growth after poor economic data in the European block and the United States sent low stocks on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran cyclist Bui Minh Thuy won the fifth stage of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Cycling Tour-An Giang Plant Protection Cup yesterday, Aug 18.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has reportedly failed to collect the tax on the 40 vehicles imported by an enterprise in Phu Tho province. The decision to collect tax arrears has been rejected by the court.

VietNamNet Bridge - While other ASEAN countries have a flourishing tourism industry and are succeeding in luring visitors from other countries, Vietnam is ignoring the vital needs required to develop in this field. 

Saigontourist offers tours to caves; HCM City to pilot maritime tourism; Binh Thuan prepares for festival; Bird's-eye tourism takes flight

Documentary looks at Ben Tre coconuts; Czech contestant won't represent Viet Nam; Fifth Ha Giang Sports and Cultural Festival opens; HCM City plans beautiful walkway route; Tchaikovsky Night’ heads to capital

Mobile network operators, mobile phone manufacturers and independent mobile phone programmers all have jumped into the mobile app market, which is believed to become very lucrative thanks to the sharp increases in the number of smart phones.

Dancers from many art schools and art troupes will gather up in HCM City to compete in the competition to seek new dancing talents from August 19 to 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – The destroying of watershed forests plus the uncontrollable waste water discharge, has made the clean water supply sources for millions of dwellers seriously polluted.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Viet Nam Designers House in HCM City will hold its biggest fashion show My Style tonight, Aug 19, to celebrate the first anniversary of the "fashion space for Vietnamese designers".