The number of Syrian citizens fleeing unrest in their country and crossing into Turkey has reached 8,904, a Turkish official statement said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The internationally famous ‘ceramic road’ running along the Red River in Hanoi has now begun to show signs of damage and decay. 

VietNamNet Bridge – It is easy to find low cost tours nowadays: the information about low cost tours is available everywhere, not only on travel firms’ websites, but also on forums and classified ad websites. 

Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, on Thursday entered the final testing phase of a newly installed system to decontaminate dangerously high levels of radioactive water

Al-Qaida announced on Thursday Ayman al-Zawahri as its new leader to succeed Osama bin Laden, who was killed on May 2 by a special U.S. force in Pakistan, an Islamic website said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists from the Institute for Ecology and Biological Resources of Vietnam have suggested to add four species of insect into Vietnam’s Red List of Threatened Species.

HCM City monitors prices of essential goods; Ho Chi Minh City workers fall prey to loan sharks; Importers decry restriction policy; Vietnam fruits find many markets ripe for plucking; Infrastructure company faces loss  

VietNamNet Bridge – The race to secondary schools proves to be less stiff than the races to primary schools and high schools. However, it is very difficult to obtain a seat at prestigious schools. 

Two listed firms’ requests of withdrawing from the stock market – the first ever in Vietnam - have triggered fears of financial experts that without tight regulations by the market watchdog, the request would cause heavy losses to shareholders.

The death toll has climbed to 37 in Wangmo County in southwest China's Guizhou Province since the downpours started on June 3, leaving 15 others missing and 1,715 injured, local authorities said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 16,000 people at the Thong Nhat Stadium were very excited with the friendly game between the team of Korean football star Park Ji Sung and Navibank Saigon FC on June 15.  

The 3D cartoon blockbuster of DreamWorks has replaced “Avatar” to become the Hollywood movie that hit $1 million revenue in Vietnam in the shortest time.

The low pressure zone which intensified into a tropical depression early this morning (June 16), culminated into a heavy downpour in the southern part of the East Sea.  

The HCM City – Trung Luong highway was opened for public in February 2010. Since then the road has served around 61,000 cars/day on average. During this time, over 2000 cars had punctures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The business community and foreign investors have continuously urged Vietnam to speed up the equitization which has been slowing down in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Philippines said on June 15 that its navy had removed "foreign" markers installed on three reefs and banks in disputed areas of the East Sea.

147 Vietnamese companies have stopped exporting and processing seafood products after Chinese vendors bought all of the supply at the source and Chinese ships have continued to illegally impede Vietnamese ships from fishing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Following a national solid waste treatment programme (2011-20), 85 per cent of urban and 40 to 50 per cent of rural solid waste is set to be processed, in accordance with environmental standards,

The biggest forum of Vietnamese hackers was reportedly the objective of two DDOS (denial of service) attacks which were carried out just in the first half of June 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three talented musicians from across the globe will entertain a capital city audience tonight when they hit the stage for the H-Artistry concert.

VietNamNet Bridge - An exhibition of sand sculptures opened on June 12, on the beach of Nha Trang city, in the central province of Khanh Hoa, as part of the Nha Trang Sea Festival 2011.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Nulojix to prevent acute rejection in adult patients who have had a kidney transplant. The drug is approved for use with other immunosuppressants.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director Phan Dang Di’s first movie “Bi, don’t be afraid” has won the Best Cinematography Prize at Hungary’s Mediawave Film Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen projects were awarded prizes for Viet Nam Innovation Day 2011 yesterday, June 15, in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The friendship between Viet Nam and Cuba has been constantly fostered since diplomatic relations were established in 1960, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong told Melba Hernandez Rodriguez