VietNamNet Bridge – At least three people died and four were injured in a head-on collision between a seven-seat car and a TN3 train yesterday, Feb 1, in Tu Nghia District.

In many cases, the troubles of some people could be the opportunities of others. The motorbike explosions have made motorbikes unsold, but helped boost the sale of electric bicycles. Meanwhile, gas explosions have led to the boom of electric stoves.

VietNamNet Bridge – Like every other year of their tradition, the people of Thi Cam village in Xuan Phuong commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi organized their annual rice cooking contest on the 8th day of the lunar year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand and Malaysia's U21 national teams have agreed to compete at an international football tournament organised by Thanh Nien newspaper from October 13-23 in Pleiku, Gia Lai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player Le Quang Liem lost to China's Hou Yifan in the eighth round of the ongoing Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK.

The death toll of a football match riot in Egypt's Port Said rose to 74 with hundreds of others injured, state media reported on Wednesday night.

The Minute of Meeting of the fifth Vietnam-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO 5) was signed in Hanoi on Feb. 1.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is targeting this year to increase the incomes of households in poverty by 160 per cent over last year's levels, with a goal to boost the incomes of poor ethnic households

It is very cold now, while the Tet holiday last for a long time. Therefore, the Lang Son yuan market has only opened up since the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi voiced his hope on Wednesday that nuclear talks between Tehran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will be held in the near future.

Israeli President Shimon Peres told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that Israel's talks with the Palestinians in Jordan were not at an end despite a series of fruitless meetings between the two sides in recent weeks.

Most companies in HCM City have resumed work after Tet (the Lunar New Year), but face the usual labour shortage that plagues them at this time of the year when many workers decide to stay back in their hometown

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kalydeco for the treatment of a rare form of cystic fibrosis in patients aged six years and older who have the specific G551D mutation in the CFTR gene.

A meeting to mark the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Feb.3) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 1.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he could offer government posts to his political opponents if he won the presidential election.

Local residents in Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam put a high hope on the first wind power plant in the delta, located in Bac Lieu province, which is expected to generate power in early 2012.

The local sea tourism having suffered bad performance in many previous years has gradually revived in recent times and this year it even has strong expectation of achieving better growth, local agents said.

Lan Ha Bay is part of the Halong Bay community but unlike its more famous neighbor it boasts some amazing sandy beaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new magnolia species has been discovered in the Bidoup – Nui Ba national park in Lam Dong province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge - The traditional ball scrambling festival in Thuy Linh village, Linh Nam ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi is held on the afternoon of  the sixth day of the first month of every Lunar New Year.