Toyota Vietnam revives mobile vehicle service; Petrovietnam's new power plant to buy Indonesia, Australia coal; Ten per cent tax hits gold jewellery only 80% pure; Rice exporters face big hurdles; Vietnam’s e-commerce to reach $6 bln by 2015

Vietnam holds cultural weeks in Russia, Ukraine; HCMC Circus Troupe to perform in Cuba; Sculptors honored at regional exhibition; Vietnamese stars prioritise fame over talent

A lot of parents now tend to bring their children to international schools. However, international schools could not be the suitable choice for all.

Heather Bowser, the second-generation victim of Agent Orange (AO) in the US, calls the aftermaths of dioxin in Vietnam is “meaningless tragedy”.

The HCM City People’s Court on August 10, 2011 sentenced Pham Minh Hoang, former lecturer of the HCM City University of Technology, to three years in prison for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s government”.

To dress traffic situation in Hanoi, the Hanoi Police Agency has set up 15 special working groups who wear civilian clothes to seize traffic law violators.

HCM City is facing the spread of various diseases at the same time. The number of hand-food-mouth patients hit a record while dengue fever and malaria have appeared.

Saying hello to Vietnam from Washington, the newly-appointed US Ambassador, David Shear confirms that the two countries have great potentials of cooperation.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has given police green light to use water cannon on mainland Britain for the first time as part of a "fightback" against rioters.

Earlier this year, experts feared that credit boom would break the credit growth rate cap of 20 percent set up by the State Bank of Vietnam in an effort to curb inflation. However, they now fear that the 20 percent growth rate would be unreachable.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke met in the Oval Office on Wednesday to discuss the U.S. and global economic situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The gap between Viet Nam's rich and poor widened 9.2 times last year, according to recent General Statistics Office data.

The World Bank's Institutional Development Fund (IDF) has attributed 247 million U.S. dollars support to Egypt, state media reported on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses have complained that they have incurred big losses due to the “dirty PR campaigns” on the Internet carried out by their rivals. Meanwhile, the penalties prove to be not heavy enough to render the violators.

Vietnamese church group meets at Da Nang; Swindler turns herself in to police; More 220 Long Thanh households get Vedan compensation

Tens of clean water pumping stations have been built in the communes in the outskirts of Hanoi to bring clean water to local residents - in the context of the serious underground water pollution.

In a bid to prevent millions of deaths and suffering every year from malnutrition, the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) launched an online initiative on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifteen young artists from the Viet Nam Circus Federation are participating at the 10th International Circus Festival in Havana, capital of Cuba.

Football's world governing body FIFA announced Wednesday that six match officials were banned from all football-related activities, both at national and international level, for life.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Perseid meteors can be observed from August 9 through 17 in big cities in Vietnam. Astronomy clubs will organize observation of this interesting phenomenon.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of economic groups and general corporations are trying to sell stakes in order to reduce the investments in non-core business fields, because they know that they will have to do this, sooner or later.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday with all three major indexes down more than 4 percent, as investors concerns about the economy and rumors said France might lose its triple-A credit rating.

Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone, along with his wife and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, departed from the central city of Da Nang on August 10, wrapping up a friendly official visit

VietNamNet Bridge - Third generation (3G) mobile service providers want to claim back over VND4 trillion in deposits from the Ministry of Information and Communications to cope with their capital shortfalls.

Vietnam, Russia boost cooperation; Party, State and NA leaders meet voters; Vietnamese, Cambodian navies boost ties