A light plane crashed in Paranaque City in Philippines' capital region of Metro Manila at around 02: 45 p.m. local time on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others, mayor Jun Bernabe said.

VietNamNet has received a lot of feedbacks of readers about super-fast medical examination at public hospitals in Hanoi and HCM City. Some readers tell us their true stories.

Ceiling airfares blamed for increasing losses; Fruit shipment hindered by rule; Gov’t considers tightening investments; Competitive growth in focus at business forum; Chinese jewelry disguised as Italian products

Six U.S. Republican candidates Saturday night faced-off in a debate in Iowa, competing for a chance to challenge President Barack Obama on behalf of the Republican Party (GOP) in less than a month.

Tran Thi Hong Cam from Tu Nghia District in the central province of Quang Ngai was shocked to discover that the baby daughter she had given birth to on December 7 had been switched to a male baby by hospital staff.

The program to relocate pollution-causing production facilities to outer districts of HCMC is a long way from completion.

The HSBC Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Viet Nam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), under which it will assist the latter in credit rating assessment, capital mobilisation and training.

How to handle with the debts incurred by Ficombank, TinNghia Bank and SCB is the question that has been raised after the information about the merging of the three banks was released.

The Ha Noi People’s Council is set to maintain the city’s economic growth of 10-10.5 per cent for the year ahead.

Several Vietnamese enterprises are expanding into foreign countries, including Africa, Middle East and Latin American, because the domestic market has become saturated.

The Ha Noi Declaration on ASEAN Sustainable Connectivity on minerals was adopted at the end of the third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals, which opened in the capital city yesterday.

Twenty-four tennis players, including eight women, seeded from 9th to 16th in the national ratings, are competing in the VFM Cup tournament that opened in Danang on December 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – Half of 450 abattoirs inspected by health authorities recently have been declared below the required standard for meat hygiene.

Tens of parents have spent hundreds of millions of dong a year to bring their children to a school advertised as international school. However, they have been exceedingly astonished that the school is just a Vietnamese people founded school.

VietNamNet Bridge – The most important match of the year – the Super Cup Vietnam – will be held on December 17, at the stadium of Vinh City, Nghe An province.

A lot of new regulations have been issued with an aim to keep a tighter control over the imports-exports and goods circulation. However, it is the new regulations which have caused big losses to businesses.

Apple on Thursday released iTunes Rewind 2011 and App Store Rewind 2011, its annual lists of top selling music, TV shows, movies and apps for the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – They bike, run, climb and boat. They are ex-hausted, but all of them feel happy after an adventure tour in the Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Bình Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The limits imposed on taxi growth in HCM City have apparently backfired, with taxis from other localities plying their trade here to meet burgeoning demand.