The Agricultural Technology Faculty (FATETA) of the Bogor Agriculture University (IPB) in Indonesia's West Java province has developed a new staple food similar to rice in a bid to support food diversification programs,

Award-winning film premiered in Vietnam; Ivory Coast female band to rock Hanoi, Hue;  Music show in Russia commemorates renowned Vietnamese musician;  Hue Festival 2012 media centre debuts;  Vietnam’s image highlighted in Italy

Not only getting more heavily into research and development (R&D) for applying new technologies, a lot of enterprises have been trying to expand their business fields to maintain the high growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – In early March, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) made public the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) 2011, which reveals some problems.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 2 to attend the 20th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdec Hunsen.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan on April 1.

Thirty-one people were confirmed killed and 12 others injured in a passenger plane crash in Russia's Siberian region early Monday, Russian emergency authorities said.

Competition Law question marks hang over VNPT’s VinaPhone and MobiFone merger plan.

After the public got amazed by the information about Google and Facebook alleged tax evasion, it has been shocked again by the news that Vietnam fails to control the cash flow which goes out of the Vietnamese territory, via credit cards.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht pledged here Sunday to strengthen EU's business relations with ASEAN amid global financial crisis.

After slamming into the southern coast on April 1, tropical storm Pakhar weakened quickly and caused great property damage to the south-eastern region.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is the second Vietnamese swimmer to pass the Olympic B standard, which might allow her to take part in the London Games this summer.

It now seems to be the unlucky days for cement companies. A lot of factories have incurred big debts. Especially, the accounts payable by Vicem, the “eldest brother” in the industry, in 2012 would be 4700 billion dong.

Biking through Viet Nam's central coastal provinces on backroads is an interesting way to explore beautiful landscapes and traditional life during the summer holidays.

Some athletes did not return home after overseas training courses to become illegal workers. It is said that Vietnam’s sport is poor, Vietnamese athletes are poor. Yes, athletes are poor but are Vietnam’s sports really poor?

Attending parties through the night, being keen on gambling, “addicted to laptops” and earning money by serving as kept women--all have become the new lifestyles of a part of Vietnamese students nowadays.

VietNamNet Bridge – This is the time for mountain-ebony flowers (hoa ban), a symbol of Vietnam’s northwestern region but you can enjoy the beauty of hoa ban on Bac Son Road, Hanoi.

Dozens of people gather to play guitars and sing at Ly Thai To Square in downtown Ha Noi on Sunday afternoons.

Thai people in North Western Vietnam have a unique and delicious dish of fresh water fish indispensable at their traditional weddings.

VietNamNet Bridge – An engineer who is also a war invalid spent three years to manufacture a small helicopter in his garage, at the cost of VND200 million ($10,000).