Wild elephants on the rampage in south

VietNamNet Bridge – A herd of five elephants trampled crops over the past three days as they searched for food near the centre of Ma Da Commune in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Viet Nam to benefit from FIFA Goal Project 4

VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA had approved the fourth phase of a project to nurture football in Viet Nam, a source from the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) said.

Female executives balance life, work

VietNamNet Bridge – The emergence of more women in the corporate world has caused some controversy and public concern.

“I look for the shortcut”

Newly-elected National Assembly Deputy, Phan Van Quy said he highly appreciated deputies who speak frankly, but to solve a matter; with many ways of approach.

Bocuse d'Or honours Vietnamese chef

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Metropole chef Do Chi Cong won first prize at the first Bocuse d'Or food contest held in Nha Trang city on Monday.

Rare amphibian reptile species discovered in Quang Ngai

Experts from Wildlife At Risk (WAR) have discovered Taylor’s bug-eyed frogs (Theloderma Stellatum), which is in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in the forest of Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam.  

Social networks turn red for Vietnam’s sovereignty over East Sea

Many Vietnamese Internet users have used pictures of naval soldiers as their avatars on Yahoo Messenger and Facebook, accompanied with the text “Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) belong to Vietnam”.

8 killed, 6 injured after truck explodes at gas station in SW China

Eight people were killed and six other injured after a truck exploded at a gas station Tuesday afternoon in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/6

Interest rates top concerns among industry; Seafood exports expected to hit US$8 bil by 2020; Highway project opened to investors; Vietnam’s biggest oil platform installed

Many opensource software products die before their time

VietNamNet Bridge – Unable to “sustain life”, a lot of companies which make opensource software had to shut down their business, while many opensource software products have disappeared from the market.

Korean football star play football with Vietnamese kids

Hundreds of youngsters called the names of singers of Korean JYJ band, Korean actress Han Hye Jin and Korean football star Park Ji Sung when Korean celebrities appeared at a sports center in HCM City, to meet with Vietnamese children on June 14.

Vietnamese ships yielding to foreign ones on home market

Numerous ships and few goods have forced domestic fleets to “eat the bread of idleness”. The appearance of foreign “big guys” on domestic transportation routes has pushed many Vietnamese ship owners to the verge of bankruptcy.

India's inflation rises to 9.06% in May

Indian headline inflation rebounded to 9.06 percent in May from 8.66 percent in the previous month due to pricier fuel prices, according to a press statement by India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry Tuesday.

Telecom products attract foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - The implementation of a series of projects in telecommunications production in the first months of 2011 showed that Vietnam’s high-tech sector continued to draw foreign investors.

Quang Nam: 15 tons of gold ore robbed at night

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 400 people flocked to the Bong Mieu gold mine in the central province of Quang Nam during the night of June 13, and early morning of June 14, to rob 15 tons of gold ore.

An Giang: Nearly 100 government officers use fake diplomas

The authorities of the southern province of An Giang have detected over 96 officials in An Phu and Thoai Son districts as using fake high-school diplomas.  

Three rounds of geopolitical intrigue in East Sea

For the last two years, a quiet showdown has played out over the East Sea. This little-known body of water is of vast strategic importance.

Apple sued over trademark infringement

An U.S. company named "iCloud communication" sued Apple over copying its trademark, according to media reports Monday.

Researchers seek technology to convert carbon dioxide into energy

Researchers from Singapore and China are conducting a research aimed at using different technologies to completely capture and convert carbon dioxide in industrial emissions into energy, local daily Lianhe Zaobao reported on Tuesday.

China warns outside nations to stay out of East Sea dispute

VietNamNet Bridge - Reuters has quoted the Liberation Army Daily on June 14 as saying that China vehemently opposes external powers meddling in territorial disputes over the East Sea.

Vietnam imports first batch of coal from Indonesia

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vinacomin Group announced the arrival of the country's first ever imported batch of coal for domestic use on June 13.

Toyota Vietnam suspends ‘whistleblower’ engineer

Toyota Vietnam has imposed a three-month suspension on Vietnamese engineer Le Van Tach, who exposed technical problems with the carmaker’s manufacturing process leading to the biggest vehicle recall in the industry’s history earlier this year.

Tra Vinh residents threaten to sue authorities for milk flower’s smell

Local residents in the southern city of Tra Vinh are going to sue the local authorities, because they believe that the hoa sua (milk flowers) are the agent that causes environmental pollution.

Seeking capital in foreign markets – why not?

While bank loan interest rates have become unbearable for many enterprises, Vietnamese enterprises have not prepared well enough to call for capital on the international market

White shark caught in a net near Quy Nhon beach

On June 11, a white shark, the fiercest shark species, was caught in a net which was only 300 meters from the coast of Quy Nhon city, in the central province of Binh Dinh.