VietNamNet Bridge - The US, Japanese and Australian navies on July 9 will hold a joint drill in the East Sea - most of which China claims as its maritime territory - Japan's defence ministry said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The tourism industry has earned 62 trillion VND (roughly 3.038 billion USD) from providing services for almost 2.97 million international tourists and 17.5 million local holidaymakers in the first half of 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigontourist Holdings Co broke ground for a project to expand the 85-year-old Majestic Hotel in HCM City's District 1 yesterday.

Stele to honor late premier unveiled; Largest fossil fuel themo-electric plant to be built; Hanoi bar club fire kills two; High temperature causes fire on Hai Van pass

NYSE Euronext shareholders on Thursday approved the company's about 9.53 billion U.S. dollars takeover by Deutsche Boerse AG.

More than a month after he was injured and transported to Saudi Arabia for treatment, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh delivered a speech Thursday evening, in which he welcomed the partnership with opposition in the framework

Preserving cultural heritage; Da Nang seeks more visitors; Tourism reaches new borders; Travel options for Thai, Lao visitors

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Women's Volleyball Tournament, VTV-Sun Group Cup will kick off tomorrow, July 9, at the Buon Ma Thuot city Gymnasium in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is completing a draft decree to increase the minimum wage from October 1, says Deputy Minister Pham Minh Huan.

VietNamNet Bridge –Can Gio District People's Committee in collaboration with HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre opened an exhibition yesterday, July 7, on Can Gio tourist destinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s new ambassador to the US has affirmed that the most important goal of his working term is to contribute to developing the Vietnam-US ties into a strategic partnership.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has restricted V-League teams to a maximum of four foreign players, these same players have been integral to scoring goals.

VietNamNet Bridge - This year’s credit crunch started to result in impacts to property firms with weak base, which were forced to sell their projects or acquired by bigger ones. 

Foreign advertisement firms can pocket 7-10 percent of the total turnover of the market, while the remaining big turnover belongs to Vietnamese ad firms and media owners, according to the Advertising Research and Training Institute ARTI.

VN congratulates Thailand on poll; VNA, Prensa Latina sign accords; Asian coastguard chiefs to boost co-operation; UK Prince thanks Vietnamese President for wedding gift

Local authorities admitted that the carpenter’s shops in the localities are causing environmental pollution. However, they said that if the workshops are forced to shut down, they will incur losses, while local residents will lose their jobs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's first urban metro line is expected to become operational by the end of 2016, its first geological survey having taken place yesterday, July7.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong cut the ribbon at a ground breaking ceremony for the first private university in northern Hai Duong Province on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A gala performance from the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will grace the stage of the HCM City Opera House tomorrow, July 9.

Dr. Tran Le Bao Ha from the Applied Stem Cell Research Center in the Natural Science University in HCM City recalls how she cried with happiness when she achieved a break-through in her research work in developing stem cells from mice teeth.  

VietNamNet Bridge –The V-League will be back in action this weekend with the so-called 'final match' between two former champions, Song Lam Nghe An and SHB Da Nang at Chi Lang Stadium.

Hundreds of Afghans in Dumanda district of Khost province, some 150 km southeast of capital Kabul, on Thursday staged a protest against the alleged killing of civilians by NATO-led troops.

VietNamNet Bridge - The organizing committee of the National Tourism Year 2012 has chosen the theme Heritage Tourism for the year-long program, and the host province Thua Thien – Hue is preparing itself for the year, an official said.

Despite serious public concerns on coal mining in the Red River Delta, Vietnam's largest mining company still wants to go ahead with mining huge coal reserves in the Red River Delta, one of the most populated agricultural areas in the country. 

At least 29 people were killed in different firing incidents in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, taking death toll of the political and ethnic violence in the city to 65 in the last three days, reported local media.