VietNamNet Bridge – The first international day for tigers will be held in Hanoi on July 31, to raise the awareness of protection of this endangered species.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam will surely face harsh challenges in the last two rounds at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany when he takes on two rivals in the top group competing for the title this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 13th National Assembly yesterday afternoon continued voting for personnel for council, committees and members of the Secretariat.

Brazilians are eating a lot of rice and beans as well as high-calorie junk food lacking nutrition, a study released Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) found.

Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth,

VietNamNet Bridge - Immediate privatisation of the electricity industry may put a burden on incompetent private power plants and affect the national power supply, one official said.

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night postponed a crucial vote on the debt ceiling plan put forth by House Speaker John Boehner to avoid default, as GOP leaders were trying to securing enough votes within their party caucus.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Union of Science for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) plans to promote salt parks to tourists as an environmentally friendly attraction.

Representatives from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Thursday concluded their first day of a two-day dialogue aiming at reviving the long-stalled six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,

Quang Nam provincial authorities feel elated with the idea of setting up a national automobile center, while considering applying huge incentives to investors. Meanwhile, the plan has not been welcomed by many automobile manufacturers.

Vietnam attends Asian meeting on aquaculture; Overturned truck looted in Quang Binh; 2 children die, 18 sick after eating wild fruit; Unofficial buses fleece unsuspecting customers

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of 18 Vietnamese piano students aged 9-24 have excelled at the sixth Asia International Piano Academy Festival (AIPAF).

Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) should join together to reduce the increasing threats of abnormal floods from climate change, a workshop was told yesterday in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Commercial banks have officially announced big profits for the first six months of 2011, despite the tightened monetary policies

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam came from behind to defeat Qatar 2-1 in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Ha Noi's My Dinh Stadium yesterday, July 28.

The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular 94/2011/TT-BTC modifying its previous circular that offers guidelines for implementation of Government Decree 142/2005/ND-CP of November 14, 2005 on land rent.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam women's sepak takraw team plan to undergo a face-lift in preparation for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia this November.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified a master plan for Hanoi city towards 2030, aiming it to become a modern city with five satellite urban areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical typhoon Nock-ten is expected to hit China’s Hainan Island at night,  July 29 before entering the Tonkin Gulf and bringing heavy rains to northern and north-central Vietnam,

Failing to enter the domestic mobile telecom market by purchasing a domestic telco, FPT, a big name in the hi-tech sector, has never given up the hope of providing telecom services.

Kids and teenagers using mobile phones are not at increasing risk of getting brain cancer, according to a recent study published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second World Vovinam Championships opened yesterday, July 28, at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium with about 300 athletes and officials from 22 countries worldwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung continue to receive congratulatory messages from foreign counterparts on their election

VietNamNet Bridge –The World Health Organisation has warned Viet Nam and eight other countries in the Western Pacific that they would not be able to reduce the hepatitis B infection rate in children to less than 2 per cent by next year

VietNamNet Bridge –Photojournalist Gian Thanh Son will release next month a book with photographs he took during former President Nguyen Minh Triet's overseas trips made over the 2007-10 period.