Japan's nuclear safety agency announced on Tuesday that it has raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5.

Local and international musicians will perform in a unique electronic music festival in Hanoi on April 15-16. Initiated by Vietnamese DJ Tri Minh, the Hanoi Sound Stuff is the only local music festival to showcase electronic and experimental music.

VietNamNet Bridge - A hip-hop dance contest titled Start Dancing, Stop AIDS has kicked off and is open to all high schools students in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Many children in the U.S. live in poverty and their physical and mental health is not ensured as nearly one in four children struggles with hunger, according to a report on the U.S. human rights record released by China on Sunday.

Highly radioactive water filling an underground trench at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are expected on Sunday to be moved to a nearby storage inside the No. 2 reactor turbine building, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since Vietnam Airlines still has to wait for opinions from four foreign aircraft engine manufacturers, the national flag air carrier still cannot use the air petrol made by Dung Quat Oil Refinery.

Eleven people were killed and 126 were wounded in a blast that struck a metro station in the Belarussian capital Minsk.The authorities said the blast is suspected to be a terrorist act.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that military action alone won't solve the crisis in Libya.

Three Taiwanese tourists killed in bus crash; Slashers of Tay Ninh schoolgirls indicted; Ministry rejects rumour on high radioactive level;  Father beats 10 year-old son unconscious

The management board of the HCM City National University's student dormitory complex has petitioned the People's Committee to quickly resolve the funding problem faced by the project so that the dormitory can be completed at the end of this year.

State Bank to increase compulsory reserve ratio on foreign currency; Vietnam needs to reduce dollar’s use in economy, ADB aide says; PVN reschedules many projects in Q1; VNPost offices to distribute Air Mekong e-tickets   

Forty-two people were arrested in the turmoil on central Cairo's Tahrir square early Saturday, among them eight people wearing army uniforms and three foreigners, Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces said at a press conference.

ACB move out of bottom after trouncing Long An 3-1;  Vietnam’s national cycling team prepares for 26th SEA Games;  National Women’s Football Championship 2011 opens;  Vietnamese Grandmaster takes third at Telin event

VietNamNet Bridge – Priced from VND15-90 million dong ($700-$4,500) per night, presidential suites at international hotels in Vietnam are always fully booked.

German journalist with sentiments towards VN; Vietnamese community in Ivory Coast still safe; MARD, USAID sign MOI to help arrest spread of disease; US soldiers' remains repatriated      

High inflation and bond yields lower than banks interest rates, as well as the decreasing value of the Vietnamese dong against the US dollar, have combined to derail recent Government bond issues.

Fifty paintings by celebrated musician Trinh Cong Son are on display online, giving his fans all over the world the rare chance of discovering the world, people and love through their icon's paintings instead of music.

VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol saving devices and alternative clean fuels have become the choice of many consumers and service providers, since the petrol price has increased dramatically.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 300 kites in a variety of shapes and colours are lighting up the skies in the coastal city of Vung Tau at the third International Kite Festival, which opened on April 8.

VietNamNet Bridge - All private slaughter houses in HCM City will be closed by the end of 2013, according to the city's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

An Aboriginal corporation in Central Australia (also named Alice Spring) on Saturday urged the Northern Territory state government to ban pregnant women from buying alcohol.

British comedian Russell Brand has won a victory against himself this weekend as two well- received films, featuring his voice and act, dominated the box office in a one-two finish.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) will open in November but the host country – Indonesia – has heated up the atmosphere among the participant countries when it removed women’s football from the games.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is the middle of spring but many trees in Hanoi are still bare.

VietNamNet Bridge – The escalating prices of building materials are making contractors suffer. They are foreseeing big losses due to higher input material prices, high bank loan interest rates and lack of capital.