The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan Province has assigned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to design a project to explore the treasure with 4,000 tons of gold in Tuy Phong district.

Norwegian suspect Anders Behring Breivik who claimed responsibility of Friday's twin attacks during which 76 people were killed is in all likelihood "insane," his lawyer Geir Lippestad told press on Tuesday.

Banks have been stepping up the lending to the agriculture sector and rural areas. Developing the rural market is considered “a stone that kills two birds”.

A flock of hundreds of herons have been found as living in peace at a longan orchard in Vinh Long province for the last three years. These may be the birds listed in the Vietnam’s red book.

Michael Jackson's family is at odds over a planned Oct. 8 charity concert in Britain which will commemorate the late pop icon.

The initial autopsy of deceased British singer Amy Winehouse found no conclusive cause of death, police announced Monday.

A new model of tourism has appeared in Vietnam – multi-level tourism, a kind of pyramid marketing. The problem is that the new model has not been put under the control of state management agencies, because it is unfamiliar in Vietnam.

The East Sea’s significance has been wider recognized by many stakeholders in international navigation, maritime safety, natural resource exploitation, environmental protection, and legal effectiveness of international law.

Banks post H2 positive earning despite high-cost loans; Japan's JX to acquire 4th Vietnam exploration block; Qantas sees globalization key to survival, eyes partnerships; Vietnam to collect back taxes on ‘diplomat’ cars    

A new study carried out by a Tel Aviv University researcher indicates that the common backache may not only be caused by bad positions or aging, but also by your genes.

A military plane crashed Tuesday in a mountainous area in south of Morocco, killing 78 people and wounding three others, the official news agency MAP said.

The second World Vovinam Championship will take place at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium on July 27-31.

Miss Russia 2011 arrives in Vietnam; Last Nguyen Dynasty tuong singer passes away; Pictorial book on Vietnam’s diplomatic relations; Vietnamese artists selected to join Asian Youth Orchestra; Third Haiku poem contest launched

Pianist Bich Tra will perform with a young classic voice – Nguyen Hai Dang – in the “Piano & Voice” concert on August 5, at the HCM City Conservatory of Music.

Nguyen Cao Ky, who served as Chief of the Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s before becoming premier of South Vietnam in mid-1960s, will be buried in Vietnam, as his wish, according to Tien Phong newspaper.

After four ties, Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem completed his first leg of competition at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2011, in Germany with a win over defending champion, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov.

South Korea is considering on whether to hire Vietnamese workers further or not, because many Vietnamese workers did not return home after the labor contracts end, said the chief of the Department for Management of Overseas Labor, Nguyen Ngoc Quynh.

After releasing the inauguration speech on the afternoon of July 25, President Truong Tan Sang talked with the media about sea and island sovereignty, combating corruption and combining the Party Secretary General title and the Presidency.

The Philippines will go ahead with oil exploration in the East Sea, challenging last week's regional agreement with China aimed at lowering tensions over the disputed waters, Foreign Minister Albert F. del Rosario said.

Farmers need more capital to maintain production and boost exports. However, bankers do not intend to pour money into the industry.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors worried the stalemate in the debt ceiling talks may lead to an actual default of U.S. debt.

VietNamNet Bridge - It was seaports once, dams and golf courses next, and now, it seems, airports.

The Oslo Tinhaus, the district court, opened on Monday the first hearing on the suspect of Friday's twin attacks, extending his custody for an additional eight weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge - After being inspected, most of these enterprises, which had been reporting losses, released financial reports which showed profits.

The government will maintain the cautious and tight monetary policy in the second half of 2011 to rein in inflation, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed at a regular cabinet meeting on July 24.