VietNamNet Bridge - Ma Pi Leng mountain pass in Ha Giang province, is the mightiest of all mountain passes in Vietnam.

China will always try to bully the Philippines and other countries in the Southeast Asian region in a bid to control massive oil resources in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said.

In the next five years, Hanoi will bury electric wires and telecom cables on many streets, beautify the area around the Hoan Kiem Lake, repair flower gardens and install 120 public toilets at the cost of over VND2.5 trillion ($125 million).

Five people in the Netherlands have been sickened with an unusual strain of the E. coli bacteria, the institute for public health (RIVM) reported Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Famous movie director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Hong Anh will be members of the judging panel of the second YxineFF online competition for short films, which will take place from September 2, to December 31.

There has been no sign of showing that the State Bank is considering loosening the monetary policies now, five months after applying the tightened monetary policies.  

Baby bottles containing the substance Bisphenol A (BPA) would have to be pulled from the shelves across the European Union (EU) starting from Wednesday, in a "milestone" move to better protect the health of EU citizens,

An Egyptian criminal court decided on Wednesday to start the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, on Aug. 3 on charges of intentionally killing peaceful protesters, state news agency MENA reported.

Australian children book illustrator Shaun Tan Tuesday received his Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the hands of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria in Stockholm Concert Hall.

Light bulb maker to invest in Venezuela; Big players are flourishing; Sparking petrochemical project momentum; Nut exporters chew on cash crunch; Illegal petrol speculation leads to shortage

Three Japanese opposition parties, including the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), submitted to the lower house a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Naoto Kan Wednesday, in a bid to step up efforts to bring him down.

Antiques discovered in Ha Tinh Province; National exhibition of children’s painting opens; Vietnam Dog Show opens on Friday; French and German connection at Idecaf; Vietnam sees bright future for picture books     

No chemicals found in Taiwan products: VFA; WB signs $620 mln funding for Vietnam’s development; $2.3m gender equality plan gets under way; Hydrofoil ran aground in Vung Tau      

The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietkings) has sent the file of the Bronze Pagoda in Quang Ninh province to the Asian Record Book Center to nominate it as the largest bronze-made pagoda in Asia.

Apart from Korean football star Park Ji Sung, many other international football stars will play in the friendly game with Vietnam’s Navibank Saigon FC, on June 15 in HCM City.

On the afternoon of May 31, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu made new statements about the case where three Chinese patrol boats snipped cables of Vietnam’s oil exploration ship named Binh Minh 02.

The stock market has witnessed the worst trading sessions in its history. However, the lackluster market does not change the plans by companies to list their shares on the bourse.

Postal and express service providers complain that the lack of the detailed standards on the GPS tracker and the lack of a digital map has caused difficulties for them.

Universities complain that the expenses they have to pay to organize the university entrance exams are higher than the previous year. Therefore, losses are foreseeable.

Economists have urged management agencies to simplify the administrative procedures in order to attract more and more foreign travelers to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - A source told Tuoi Tre May 31 that in the last few days several ships, probably Chinese, harassed a Vietnamese vessel undertaking seismic exploration in Vietnamese waters.

A tropical low-pressure system was situated off the northern part of the East Sea, some 300km south-east of Hong Kong, at 1am June 1, forecasters reported.

Harmful, foul-smelling waste water has been discharged into the Rach Van River every day, which is the long lasting obsession of people in Long Son commune in Ba Ria- Vung Tau province.

An international seminar on the East Sea was held in Jakarta on May 31 by Indonesia ’s Habibie Centre in collaboration with India ’s Centre for Asian Strategic Studies. 

The world No. 3 Roger Federer set up a semifinal clash with the world No. 2 Novak Djokovic at the French Open after defeating the ninth seeded Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) on Tuesday.