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.

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of drastic measures have been taken to prevent businesses from going dissolved or bankrupted. The tax incentives initiated by the Ministry of Finance are believed to be very useful.

The Chinese Government newspaper Global Times recently contacted Walden Bello – INQUIRER.net columnist - for an email interview on the Spratly-West Philippine Sea controversy. 

NASA scientists have got the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL) announced on Wednesday.

Trai Cup resettlement zone in Ba Hien commune, Binh Xuyen district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc, looks like an urban residential area with asphalt roads, pavements, street lights, tapped water, etc., with over 200 families.

Facebook on Wednesday introduced a new video calling feature powered by Skype and some improvements to the chat designs on the social networking site.

Adhering to a healthy lifestyle, including not smoking, exercising regularly, having a low body weight and eating a healthy diet, appears to lower the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in women,

The number of U.S. people initially applying for unemployment aid last week hit a seven-week low but still remained elevated, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is attempting to reduce the percentage of non-core investment that state owned enterprises (SOEs) can make from 30 percent to 15 percent. However, it has been warned that this is really a difficult task.

Currency rates to spike in late 2011; Suspension of operations at Dung Quat to cost $1 million a day; Hoa Lac hi-tech park expands foreign cooperation; Rural waste disposal plant comes on line; Trade villages face challenges

The data digitization market has been taking shape in Vietnam for the last several years, but it is still far from becoming an attractive business.

Training high quality workforce in service science is the most important part of the 2010-2020 service science plan development, conducted by the HCM City Science and Technology Department.

The follow-up article by researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau explains why the East Sea, from the name Giao Chi (Jiaozhi) Sea in the 14th century, was mistakenly noted by Western people as the South China Sea.

First ever Jrai-Vietnamese dictionary completed; Art performance to raise funds for ethnic minority students; 100 Vietnamese food specialities announced; “Impressive Vietnam” TV programme makes debut;

Vietnam's Guinness book of records has recognized a book titled “Legend of Quang Tri Ancient Citadel” that includes the names of more than 4,000 martyrs as the country's largest book.

A clip advertising an instant noodle product with Tien Vua brand made by Masan Company was broadcast recently, which has sparked a new war between Masan and Acecook, the two instant noodle producers.

While automobile trade companies are considering shifting to other fields, domestic automobile manufacturing joint ventures are considering the plans which allow to import more cars to satisfy the increasingly high domestic demand for super cars.

VietNamNet Bridge –The International Women's Volleyball Tournament, VTV-Sun Group Cup will kick off on July 8, at the Buon Ma Thuot City Gymnasium in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.

Summer Jazz Concert with the Red River Jazz Band; Rock and Metal Music Night; Exhibition “A Physical Obedience Of A Certain Geometry”; Toyota Concert Tour Vietnam 2011; Contemporary Performance “Dialog”

VietNamNet Bridge – VTC News captures a drill by sea police officers of the Region 1 (Ministry of Defense), which covers the sea from Quang Ninh province in the north to Quang Tri province in the central region.

The sovereign debt challenge, now the top priority for many advanced economies to tackle, is broader than in the euro area, said Christine Lagarde, the newly- appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund

VietNamNet Bridge - Local aviation authorities are drafting changes to existing regulations including higher chartered capital requirements for new airlines in a move to prevent unqualified investors from joining the increasingly competitive market.