VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam failed to impress Qatar after the side was outclassed 3-0 in Doha in the first leg of their 2014 FIFA World Cup second round qualifier.

VietNamNet Bridge –HCM City's Nguyen Thi Thanh Thu clocked a time of two minutes 49.44 seconds to win gold and set a new record in the girls' 200m freestyle event at the National Youth Swimming Championships in Da Nang yesterday, July 24.

State leader sends sympathy to Norway over bombing; Politburo member Sang visits Hoa Binh war veterans; Sri Lanka calls for increased co-operation with Viet Nam

More flexibility in recently enacted Decree 59/2011/ND-CP will enhance the charm of would-be-equitised businesses in the eyes of investors, head of the Corporate Finance Department’s enterprise reform, restructuring and development division said.

The controversy began a fortnight ago when environmental activists voiced their grave concern over the hydropower projects Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A that once licensed will destroy a large area of forest in Cat Tien National Park.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vu Duc Manh, the young owner of a pottery kiln at Bat Trang ceramic village in Ha Noi's Gia Lam District is running his kilns on liquefied gas to save costs and limit environmental pollution.

U.S. researchers have completed the first genome-wide mapping of a DNA modification called 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in embryonic stem cells.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese steel plants are on the verge of bankruptcy due to unsold inventories and big debts.

Hanoi’s tiny ‘golden lot’ goes for VND47 billion; Monetary tools exhausted, says financial committee; Bottom falls out of tax collections; VNPT short-listed for international broadband award; Fuel price to operate under market rules

VietNamNet Bridge – Po Cung Grotto on Pha Hang Mountain in Thanh Hoa province is the largest grotto cemetery in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The pure beauty of pink lotus – Vietnam’s national flower – is depicted through body paintings by Tran Lam Binh and Hoang Manh Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the first six months of 2011, taxation bodies dealt with 107 enterprises which declared losses and collected the tax arrears of 2230 billion dong. The figure is expected to reach five trillion dong by the end of the year.

China placed bricks that build the foundation for today’s disputes to seek control of the East Sea over 20 years ago. What will China think and do in the next 10, 20 or 40 years?

Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Friday.

NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater, the U.S. space agency announced Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Four mobile providers want to withdraw the remaining 50 per cent of their deposits for 3G services to invest in infrastructure.

The number of people injured in clashes during Saturday's protests in Cairo rose to 231, official MENA news agency said.

Jumping through a broken window of the deformed train carriage she was trapped in was certainly dangerous, but it also might have saved Feng's life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Spending a few days at a coastal resort on hot, dry days or visiting pagodas during summer retreats are among many things for tourists to experience.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s wind power capacity is significantly potential, but its growth rate is deferred by many difficulties.

Hanoi needs $190 billion to make the city’s development planning for 2011-2020 come true given its current intensive efforts to woo investment capital through the public-private partnership (PPP) model and maintain current growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's climate change adaptation strategies need a long-term focus and should be integrated into mainstream policies targeting sustainable rural development and poverty reduction,

VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors to Sa Dec Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap can admire gardens full of colorful flowers in spring time or visit Huynh Thuy Le House where French hit movie L’amant (The Lover) was filmed.

Japan's Mizuho Corporate Bank is expected to buy an up to 20 percent stake in Vietcombank, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a deal worth more than US$500 million, marking Vietnam's largest-ever inbound acquisition.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday expressed confidence in Greece's getting over the debt crisis, saying that her country and other eurozone members has "historic duty" to defend the euro.