Many state-owned giant corporations still carried out their initial public offering (IPO) as scheduled this year despite the plunging stock market. However, most of them went public quietly, without making promotion packages for the sales.

Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc believes that the personnel changes in the government’s apparatus will not greatly affect the macroeconomic management.

Violent clashes between youths and riot police in central Athens on Tuesday injured at least eight people as a nationwide strike against new austerity measures shut down the country.

Navies from the United States and the Philippines kicked off an 11-day joint exercise Tuesday afternoon in waters off the southwestern Philippine island province of Palawan, showcasing the ties and interoperability between the two allies.

Six powerful explosions struck the eastern suburb of Tajuraa in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, a Xinhua correspondent said.

Beeline has set up the ambition to become Number One among small mobile networks. S-Fone thinks of technology transfer in order to dominate the market, while Vietnamobile has launched super-cheap fee packages.

Iran announced on Tuesday that it " successfully" testfired 14 short-range, medium-range and long- range missiles on the second day of the missile drills.

The arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi issued Monday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) aroused both opposition and support around the world.

Banks target higher second-half earnings; Dollar exchange to hold steady till year-end: ANZ; HN taxation bureau collects $11.3 million from tax evaders; Seafood sector sees strong growth; Rice deal inked with Sierra Leone

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam, especially the interesting life in Hanoi, is vividly featured in the first edition of ASIES, a new French magazine spotlighting Asia, which hit newspaper shelves in France early June, this year.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce our readers to “special” fruits and vegetables harvested by Vietnamese farmers.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario was in Washington last week for a rather specific purpose: to seek U.S. support in his country’s growing territorial dispute with China in the East Sea.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on June 27, recognized the Citadel of Ho Dynasty in Thanh Hoa province in central Vietnam as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

The United States called for China to lower tensions in the East Sea through dialogue as the Pacific powers held first-of-a-kind talks on friction in Southeast Asia on June 26.

VietNamNet Bridge - Julien ‘Seth’ Malland’s portrait of a Saigon girl was the highlight of ‘Esperantopolis, cultural venue of francophonie community’ which took place in the city over the weekend.

In 2004, Tran Dinh Nhon announced he succeeded in reproducing red pheasants, a rare wild animal with the scientific name Phasianus colchicus. Over the last seven years, Nhon has been acting as the free consultant about the precious birds.

Pop star Lady Gaga is sued over sales of her wristbands for Japan's earthquake relief efforts, according to media reports Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority people in Bac Ha plateau in the northern province of Lao Cai have begun to reap Tam Hoa plums, a specialty fruit of Lao Cai.

In a recent market report, property services firm CBRE Vietnam highlights the pain being felt in the economy, especially by real-estate developers and investors, as the central bank tries to combat inflation by limiting non-productive loans.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 27 people were reported dead or missing while hundreds were injured after tropical storm Haima hit the Red River Delta in Vietnam on June 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten doctors of the HCM City Tumor Hospital last week visited Nguyen Duy Hai, the man with a huge tumor on his leg, and make a test for him. Doctors said that the tumor is a hereditary disease.

In Vietnam, the students, who follow distance learning courses, still have to come to classes. It is because of the lack of school materials.

For the first time in Vietnam, a Vietnamese American-styled retailer--Wonderbuy, has filed for bankruptcy. The story of Wonderbuy should be seen as a good lesson for home appliance retailers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thanh Hang will have the nation's hopes on her shoulders at the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships.

This summer's another widely anticipated sequel to a major box office tentpole debuted this weekend in North America theaters, with "Cars 2" being projected to gross 68 million U.S. dollars,