Vietnam will use its foreign exchange reserves to cover a shortage of dollars which is sharply pushing down the dong, but will not devalue its currency at least through early 2011.

Two Hungarian and Swedish entomologists have recently announced their discoveries of 19 new insect species from the oriental region, including 14 found in Vietnam.

Dr Tran Du Lich said that in the immediate future, the State Bank should keep a sound mind and not adjust foreign exchange rate in accordance with the dollar price on the black market.

Greek police detonated on Thursday a suspicious package addressed to the French embassy in Athens, and are examining four suspicious parcels newly found in a courier company in an Athens suburb, according to local media reports.

A fresh study at the University of Eastern Finland shows that vitamin D deficiencies can increase a person's risk of death, Finnish media reported Wednesday.

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Thursday confirmed that 122 people lives were claimed by nationwide flooding in northern, northeastern, eastern, central and southern regions.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman and General Director of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has appointed four key Vinashin officials.

Relatives of 20 mainland Chinese killed in the Typhoon Megi-triggered landslides two weeks ago in Taiwan mourned for their loved ones at a memorial ceremony in Taipei Thursday afternoon, though the bodies of most of the deceased have not been found.

Spacecraft Deep Impact is ready to make its closest approach to comet Hartley 2 and photogragh the results, NASA's Jet Propulsion Loboratory (JPL) said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Education and Training asks high schools not to carry out two-session program in schools unless students' parents have requirement and schools receive permission from functional departments and local authorities

VietNamNet Bridge - Workers at all non-state run enterprises and organizations will enjoy a minimum wage increase of up to VND370,000 (US$18.5) per month as of next year.

The Vienna Charity Ball will be held for the first time in Vietnam on November 12 and all donations will be sent to the Friendship Village in Van Canh, Hanoi to benefit children affected by Agent Orange.

VietNamNet talks with the chief of Ninh Thuan province’s National Assembly delegation, colonel Hoang Ngoc Thai, who submitted a ten-point petition about Ninh Thuan’s first nuclear power project.

The support of Ambassadors is the great encouragement for VietNamNet Newspaper’s initiative of the Day of Reconciliation (September 9). They will popularize this idea out of Vietnam’s borders.

Professor Thomas Patterson from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, wrote this to VietNamNet on the occasion of the Day for World Reconciliation - September 9.

While rain-triggered floods have not gone down completely, people in the central region have to face new floods, which are caused by the reservoirs of hydro-power plants.

Anne Lise Ramooloo from Mauritius arrived at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport in the afternoon of November 3 to prepare for the one-month Miss Earth 2010 pageant in Vietnam, with 90 beauties from all over the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some bodies which don’t have heads, legs or arms have recently drifted ashore in the central provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy General Director Tran Dang Tuan of the Vietnam Television (VTV) has been allowed to resign by the Prime Minister after Tuan submitted his resignation to the government.

The current policies by some countries on prohibiting farm produce has pushed the prices up. However, Vietnamese exporters cannot take full advantage of the opportunity to boost exports because of the bad weather

First safe kids traffic park inaugurated; Two wanted men nabbed in Hai Phong; Drugs linked to provincial AIDS; Hanoi hosts int’l exhibition on road transpor; Biosensor detects Japanese encephalitis virus

Ministry of Education overhauling gifted programmes in high schools; Scholarships funding their way into Vietnamese students hearts; Quang Binh needs 173,000 sets of textbooks for pupils in flood areas

Vietnam, Sudan news agencies ink deal; Cuban veterans visit Vietnam; National Border Committee holds 35th anniversary

New regulations on the sale and distribution of chemical products used in waste water treatment have recently been established by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

London chamber official: Vietnam, an investment destination; Steel exports double in 10 months; State to step up auditing