Ho Chi Minh City rejects demand for waste imports; Five kids drown in Thua Thien Hue; UNIDO helps VN implement Stockholm Convention; Vietnam commits to ensure food security, nutrition; Police deny child kidnapping rumour

Scientists from around the world will gather on the east coast of New Zealand next week to discuss proposals to study "silent" earthquakes by drilling into the seabed.

Japanese women remained to be the world's longest-living last year, though their average life expectancy fell slightly to 86.39 years, according to media reports Thursday.

A commercial plane carrying 162 people crashed early Saturday while landing in Guyana, causing several injuries but no deaths, the Guyanese government said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Thuan provincial authorities have been warned that the massive titanium exploitation not only causes serious environmental pollution, but also causes very high risk of radioactivity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Young designers of Ha Noi's College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) will display their collections at a graduate fashion show and exhibition named Itinerary, on August 5-7.

Cao Dinh Hung, a PhD University student in Australia, has been successful in developing a new method of using synthetic seeds to grow native eucalyptus and African mahogany trees, which are traditionally difficult to propagate from graft cuttings.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doubts have been raised that seafood export enterprises are joining hands to force tra fish prices down in the domestic market.

Ninh Thuan to host Sea Village Festival; New art show seeks to give draftmanship its due; Vietnam circus hits stage in Paris; Hanoi exhibition showcases satirical paintings; Ancient burial site found in central region

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite it is in summer or winter, and the days are foggy or full of sunshine, Moc Chau Plateau is always attractive with its dreamlike beauty.

VietNamNet Bridge - Recent economic shocks have released a warning message: if the policy for the Mekong Delta (Vietnam’s rice basket) is not changed, agriculture - the region’s advantage - will disappear. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-27 children at a preschool in the southern province of Binh Duong got poisoned after being fed with cleanser on July 29.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesses can penetrate the Chinese market and reap success if they know how to take appropriate steps, or else they will lose out.

Telepathy is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. This is a special ability which only some people have.

The recent revelations of the outrageous escapades of the News Corp. has laid bare the hypocritical, legal and moral problems of the Western media.

Gov’t promises to continue to cut spending; Ninh Thuan to license titanium mining project; State bank warns against online deposits; Seven-month pepper exports record high value; Central Highlands rubber bounces    

The death toll from the twin attacks in Oslo a week ago rose to 77 from previously 76 on Friday, according to an updated victim name list provided by police.

Representatives from the US and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea concluded on Friday their two-day exploratory talks aiming at possible resumption of the long-stalled six-party talks on Korean Peninsular denuclearization in New York.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of European importers have asked for delivery delays or canceled contracts, which have caused big losses to Vietnamese exporters.

Some 460,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in July, bringing the total number of visitors to the country in the first seven months to 3.43 million, up 17.3 per cent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

The U.S. Senate voted Friday to kill a debt ceiling plan put forth by House Speaker John Boehner to avoid a looming debt default crisis less than two hours after the House passed the bill.

The Ministry of Finance and State Bank’s proposal requiring the government to impose a 10% tariff on export jewellery with gold content of over 80% instead of 99% has triggered great public debate. Here are the opinions of some leading experts.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will need to invest $42.5 billion in the next 10 years to develop its tourism infrastructure and services, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport has decided to tighten the management of long-distance buses after finding that drivers were to blame for a series of serious road accidents over the past two months.

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Forum on Green Technology and Management 2011 took place in the central city of Da Nang on July 28 and 29.