VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is hoarding between 460 and 1,000 tons of gold worth around US$21 to $45 billion, second only to India, according to figures released last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Supermarkets have been trying to develop the product with their own brands, while enterprises have become the manufacturers who do the outsourcing for supermarkets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Alluvial deposits in Hong (Red) River have reduced over the past several years which could result in unexpected environmental changes, experts have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Vietnam and many other countries will have an opportunity to watch the 21st century’s fifth longest total lunar eclipse at 0:00 on June 16 (Hanoi time), according to NASA.

VietNamNet Bridge – The difficulties in the workforce, budgets and implementation time have made many software companies become “short of breath” in the race to obtain Capability Maturity Model Integration certificates.

VietNamNet Bridge - The local electronic market faces a grim future after WonderBuy, a store of electronic and home appliances in HCMC’s District 1, announced bankruptcy with losses of VND52 billion after nearly a year of operation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hacker Vietnam Association has got a taste of its own medicine with hackers launching two DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on its forum this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 30 policemen in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District, dressed only in shorts, swam across a river on Saturday night to bust a women’s-only casino built on the water.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Mau Province party committee member and government official faces disciplinary action from the party’s central secretariat for borrowing indiscriminately and failing to repay her debtors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The latest draft decree compiled by the Ministry of Planning and Investment to amend Decree 108, which guides the 2005 Law on Investment, has proposed more weighty procedural requirements for large projects.

3 killed by lightning, 25 fishermen rescued; Whistle-blower to leave Toyota Vietnam for good; Wife flees after poisoning husband’s family

VietNamNet Bridge – Two young men in similar suits raised glasses at their wedding ceremony held at a luxurious restaurant in HCM City on June 4.

Precious replica of President Ho statue given by Mexican Labour; S Korea urged to speed up trade co-operation; Vietnam, Singapore boost defence cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s personal computer (PC) software piracy rate fell 2 percent to 83 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, marking the first fall after three consecutive years of unchanged piracy rate of 85 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – David Archuleta, the runner-up of American Idol 2008, will perform in “Idol Music Event 2011” show in Hanoi and HCM City in July 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - More Vietnamese people took domestic tours in the first five months of the year despite the nation’s economic doldrums but their travel habit changed from last year.

A massive anti-austerity protest organized by Greek labor unions in front of the parliament building broke down in violent clashes Wednesday afternoon, as Prime Minister George Papandreou repeated a plea for national consensus

VietNamNet Bridge – A game of human chess – traditional martial art took place for several hours on the beach of Nha Trang City on June 13, attracting hundreds of viewers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Natural disasters in Vietnam each year kill some 500 people and cause an economic loss of some VND14.5 trillion, said a report issued last Friday by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

A buoy, posts and building materials on an inhabited outcrop sound unremarkable, but they mark an escalation of a dispute over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, and how Southeast Asia manages China's rise as a regional power.

Movie star Angelina Jolie wants to visit Syrian refugees in southern Hatay province of Turkey who have fled from Syria and sheltered in camps on the Turkish side of the border.

Google on Tuesday unveiled voice search for desktop computers and search-by-image, two new features allowing users to speak their search into the computer and search with the help of images.

Petrol imports forecast to soar; Rice businesses to need qualified certificates for export; Oil, gas project gets investment licence approval; Local firms get in on mergers, acquisitions; Fruit farmers target higher standards

Rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, three risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and repeated falls, a new study suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has proposed to apply an additional special mechanism to call for foreign investment into the infrastructure sector.