Google on Tuesday unveiled a new "Instant Previews" feature of its search engine, which the company said will enable users to evaluate and choose the right search results in a faster way.

The United Nations has developed an alert system in Haiti to report new cases or resurgences of water-borne diseases, such as cholera, which has left 544 people dead, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said here Tuesday.

Newly released information that Vietnam has imported 1000 tons of gold in the last 20 years has stirred up the public.

A train carrying nuclear waste continues on its unpopular journey in northern Germany, as protesters obstructed the railway, some hanging themselves over tracks, delaying the transport for over two hours early Sunday.

A South Korean musical drama entitled ‘Look Back into Love – Orpheo’ will be performed in Hanoi for the first time at the Au Co Arts Centre on November 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once big hydro-power plants are built in the Mekong River, the challenge for cooperation among countries that share the river will grow.

Using renewable energy has become a growing tendency in the world, especially when fossil fuel sources are becoming exhausted. However, this kind of energy has not been widely used in Vietnam.

Despite uncertainties about inflation and the dong, many foreign investors have set their sights, once again, on Vietnam

Experts discuss plans for Truong Son Mountains; Transport dept pinpoints sites prone to landslides in city; Businesses urged to use ‘green' materials; Sanitation, bridge projects rile public

The Wernigerode Youth Choir from Germany will have two concerts at Hanoi’s Tuoi Tre Theatre on November 10th and 11th.  

State Bank’s decision pulls down gold price; World Bank calls for more reforms; New programme promises export credit guarantees

Nowadays, more and more Vietnamese businessmen show their corporate social responsibility (CSR) by funding cultural works or financing constructions of pagodas. However, in many cases, their crude interference ruins the cultural value.

The outdated teaching methods explain why Vietnamese people, despite spending a lot of time and money, still cannot speak English well.

The gold and dollar prices have been increasing continuously, threatening businesses. Especially, the weaker dong does not benefit exporters, even making their business worse.

Though Galaxy Tab has been advertised as the redoubtable rival of Apple iPad, Vietnamese interest in this product remains very low.

A veterinary center to treat both wild and tame elephants and a breeding-research center will be set up under a VND 61 billion (US $3.1 million) conservation project approved by the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

President Triet off to APEC's Japan meeting; PM to attend G-20 Summit in S Korea; Viet Nam, Palestine strengthen solidarity; Fund to protect Vietnamese abroad approved; Vietnam attaches importance to agricultural and rural development

PM Dung promotes national maths strategy; Vietnam aims for sustainable development; Seventh National Physics Conference opens in Hanoi; Fund to protect Vietnamese abroad approved; Fishing boats seized by border guards

The send-off ceremony of the Vietnamese sport delegation to the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China took place at the Army Theatre in Hanoi on November 7. Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan and some celebrities attended the event.

VietNamNet Bridge – A HCM city official has stressed the need for identifying the responsibility of individuals and agencies for traffic accidents caused by road depressions and potholes.

VietNamNet Bridge – More investors from the U.S. are expected to enter Vietnam’s service sector after the year 2012 when the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is concluded, giving stronger leverage to the local economy . . .

Vinacomin is planning to raise the coal prices applied to big consumers such as electricity, fertilizer, paper and cement producers, once again making the consumers worried stiff.

Twenty beauties from the USA, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Singapore, etc. and host Vietnam spent their entire morning to see how rubbish is treated at the $100 million Da Phuoc garbage dump in HCM City on November 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Interest rates, both borrowing and lending, are no longer leashed under new moves by the Government to contain inflation, which means enterprises will have to face higher capital costs . . .

After the talks with Vietnamese young film makers in Hanoi on November 8, Lars Henrik Gass, director of Germany’s Oberhausen International Short Film Festival received some Vietnamese independent short films for the upcoming festival.