At least 11 factory workers, mostly women, were killed when a three-storey building of a medicine factory collapsed due to a blast in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, rescue teams and health officials said.

The digital product market did not obtain the expected high growth rate in 2011, but the sales of mobile phones and laptops – the two key categories of digital products – still could thrive with the growth rate of 20 percent. How about 2012?

The preferences together with the drastic measures to be applied by state management agencies would help encourage the tendency of green design, energy saving and environment protection for nowadays, when more and more high rise buildings arise.

A new UN report on Monday said that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmful practice once and for all.

Brunei and Vietnam should make greater efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation in the future, said Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.

Since February 1, the afternoon learning shift of high schools finishes at 7 pm instead of 5 pm. The change has made general schools worried stiff, because they would have to pay for a series of additional expenses.

The dollar price has unexpectedly decreased in recent days. Experts believe that with the current big gap of 10 percent in the dong and dollar interest rates, it is not likely to see the dong depreciate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the plan to preserve and turn the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi into an outdoor museum.

The Vietnamese youth are becoming increasingly absorbed with the modern-day art of kirigami (the creation of 3D paper artworks).

With a nationwide theme of "Heritage Tourism" this year, Viet Nam's tourism industry is expected to experience an increase of tourists and strong competition with other countries in the region.

Smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline, according to a report published online Monday in Archives of General Psychiatry.

Six people were wounded Monday after a confrontation between government troops and local policemen who had been on a strike for a week in northeastern Brazil.

Special consumption tax exemption set; Amway Viet Nam opens Ha Noi office; Ha Noi lures nearly $100 million in FDI; Steel makers face tough year; Gov't urged to cut gas import tax; Builders focus on low-cost housing    

VietNamNet Bridge - On February 7th, the Party Committee of Hai Phong City suspended the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of Tien Lang district, to make clear their responsibilities in the land revocation case in Tien Lang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people stood in Tay Son Street and an overpass at Nga Tu So, Hanoi, on the evening of February 5 to attend the peace praying ceremony at Phuc Khanh Temple, causing gridlocks for hours.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of young men fight over for “phet” (bamboo balls) in mud at the Hien Quan village festival in the northern province of Phu Tho on February 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and French scientists have announced to discover a new species of scorpion in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

VietNamNet Bridge – A baby of 6kg was born at HCM City’s Tu Du Hospital on February 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed Prime Minister to approve lotus as the national flower of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local businesses are preparing for Valentine's Day, a popular time of the year for expressions of love and devotion.