VietNamNet Bridge - The deposit interest rate at some commercial banks has significantly exceeded the State Bank of Viet Nam's cap and has hit 19 per cent per year.

An eruption has started in Iceland's most active volcano Grimsvotn, according to reports reaching here from Reykjavik on Saturday.

MOEX Offshore 2007, a Japanese company and one of BP's partners in the failed oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has agreed to pay BP 1.065 billion U.S. dollars over last year's disaster that unleashed the worst oil spill in U. S. history,

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigon Post and Telecommunication Service Joint Stock Corp (SPT), operator of CDMA network S-Fone, has finalized legal procedures to become Vietnam’s second mobile service joint venture.

Two U.S. astronauts conducted the first of four spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.

Vietnam becomes biggest pepper exporter; Masan to open Singapore rep office; US cuts anti-dumping tariff on Vietnamese shrimps; US$412 million for Trung Son hydroelectric power plant construction

Tran Hue Hoa will be Vietnam’s sole representative at the Asian Grand Prix Series this year, announced Nguyen Manh Hung, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Not only eating vegetarian food on the Vesak Day or Buddha’s birthday (May 16), many people in HCM City decide to take vegetarian in the entire fourth lunar month to wish for peace.

VietNamNet Bridge – Van village, Sapa’s tao meo (apple), Bau Da, Go Den wine have been famous throughout the country for their special tastes and characteristics.

Representatives of travel agencies from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan called Vietnam's central region an attractive tourist destination but complained that service quality and promotional programmes needed to be improved.

Clubs in danger zone face tough weekend;  Chess master Nguyen tops women's Elo rating in VN; An Giang tops Mekong Delta pencak silat championship 2011

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is very colorful with flags, banners, flowers before the National Assembly and People’s Council elections (May 22).

A recent mood sampling poll shows that almost 2 in 3 Vietnamese people rate air pollution as their top environmental concern, but more than 2 in 3 respondents are unaware that the burning of fossil fuels is one of causes of air pollution.

FPT Corp is seeking ways to join the domestic telecom industry via investing in other telecom firms, perhaps the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and S-fone, said Truong Gia Binh, chairman of FPT's director board.

VietNamNet Bridge - Pop star Ho Quynh Huong's live shows in HCM City today and in Ha Noi next month will feature an eclectic mix of music styles.

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said here on Friday that Israel cannot go back to the 1967 lines with the Palestinians as they are "indefensible."

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam joined eight other Asian-Pacific countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in the US’s Montana state on May 19.

Over 4.7 million voters to cast ballots in HCMC; Uncle Ho’s 121st birthday celebrated; Canada's new PM applauded; VN, Indonesia agree to boost defence cooperation; Firms become takeover targets

VietNamNet Bridge - By May 20, localities nationwide had completed preparations for the elections of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels for the 2011-2016 term.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh Museum has opened an exhibition introducing historical pictures about the first National Assembly elections.

Bac Lieu farmers to delay shrimp-breeding; One H1N1 death in Dak Lak province; Poor household incomes to increase 3.5 times; Outstanding doctors hailed  

VietNamNet Bridge - A 20-year-old suspension bridge that hangs tottering over the Cho River is the only link to the world of 194 Raglai, Ede, Tay, Nung, and T’rin families in Ba Cang hamlet in Khanh Hoa province.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it is scheduled to complete the process of selecting a new managing director by June 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese artists appeared on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival early this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - National taekwondo coach Le Minh Khuong is considering filing a complaint to top government officials after aviation authorities found him guilty of “disturbing the peace” aboard a domestic Vietnam Airlines flight last month.