Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh was Friday eliminated from the Guangzhou Asian Games after a 2-0 loss to the host player Lin Dan in the last 8 round.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has its work cut out for defending its title at the ASEAN Football Federation Cup 2010 Championship next month, with opponents keen to prove their mettle, and its own preparations going through a sticky patch.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ticket prices for matches in group B of the Asean football federation (AFF) Cup football championship were announced on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scullers won their second silver in the lightweight women's 2,000m quadruple sculls at the Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday, Nov 19.

Domino’s Pizza, the second-largest pizza chain in the US, has announced the opening of its first store in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Van Lai, 23, lost an eye, a hand and two of his friends when a cluster bomb leftover from the American war exploded in a hole they were digging 10 years ago.  

Residents in Ea Sup District's Ia RVe Commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak live in fear of being attacked by a herd of 20-22 elephants, as traditional methods to drive them away seem ineffective, officials say.

NATO leaders on Friday adopted a new Strategic Concept that will serve as the alliance's roadmap for the next 10 years and that reconfirms the commitment to defend one another against attack as the bedrock of Euro-Atlantic security.

VietNamNet Bridge – After taking a false step and falling down in a toilet, striker Pham Van Quyen of Song Lam Nghe An club suffered from a face wound on November 16.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is likely to miss three to four weeks after picking up a hamstring injury on England duty on Wednesday, confirmed the Premier League side on Thursday.

A 59-year-old local woman was found to have contracted H5N1 avian flu virus after visiting the mainland last month, Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lai Son village in Soc Son district has 400 families and over 200 brick kilns, which smoke out everyday. Three people recently died because of toxic smoke.

The 21st Stockholm International Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a film Heartbeats from the 21-year-old director Xavier Dolan from Canada.

A total of 15 films have been accepted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.

The market for sedge mats in Dong Bang village of Quynh Phu district in the northern province of Thai Binh opens from midnight to the early morning of the 4th and 9th of lunar months. Almost all people who go to the market are women.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lauded by The New York Times as "one of Southeast Asia's most untouched and breathtaking getaways", Viet Nam's Con Dao archipelago has begun to welcome a growing number of tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – About 70 kilometers from Quang Binh Province’s Dong Hoi City, there is a deserted island called Chim (Bird) or Gio (Wind) Island that is home to many sea birds.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs international help in clearing land mines left over from the war, said deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.

VietNamNet Bridge – State-run businesses should make every effort to improve operational effectiveness, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

More Bulgarian enterprises invest in Vietnam; Lao commemorates Vientiane’s 450th anniversary; Vietnam congratulates Laos on National Day; HCM City promotes cooperation with Russian localities

US offers $34m to clear Agent Orange at Da Nang Airport; Seminar discusses Intelligent Transport System and its prospects; 15 government officials disciplined; Singaporean volunteer schoolgirls to work in Dong Thap

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time in the country, an existing environmentally unfriendly industrial zone will be demolished and developed into a modern urban area in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Penalties that were too lenient together with ambiguous laws were to blame for the numerous breaches of Viet Nam's environmental protection regulations

Portuguese authorities have put in place heavy security ahead of the NATO summit to prevent any outbreak of violence.

VietNamNet Bridge – After earlier disagreement, law-makers yesterday, Nov 18, decided that whistleblowers should be protected in the new draft Law on Denunciation.