VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 2,500 athletes, coaches and other members from 45 nations are expected to participate in the fifth Asian Beach Games in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa in June, 2016.

The Pa Co ethnic minority people in Vietnam hold the Ada festival after harvest to thank Heaven and prepare for the next crop.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Bay, 47, from Tuy Phuoc district in the central province of Binh Dinh has discovered a fossil stump which is believed to be more than 10,000 years old.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eight short documentaries about contemporary life in Viet Nam will be presented free of charge tomorrow night at the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi.

The latest reports released by securities companies do not give a clear answer about if the national economy is better off in 2012, but say there are many positive signs, and the stock market is showing big opportunities when it nearly bottoms out.

Over 80 people have died from hypothermia and frostbite in Poland and Ukraine, as a cold snap affected a large part of Europe, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 workers and engineers on February 2, began conducting marine and mainland geological drilling at the site where the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant is to be built.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Friday that the United States will suffer from any war threat or potential war against the Islamic republic.

In an interview with RIA Novosti on January 31, the director of the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV), Boris Obonosov revealed that the company had fully handed over the tactical anti-ship missile Kh-35E to Vietnam in 2009-2010.

The outlook of the U.S. economic recovery remained uncertain, as the recovery was confronted with a set of domestic and external headwinds, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has asked the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to address organizational tasks and resume the old name V-League.

VietNamNet reviews remarkable cultural events, reported by the local media in 2011.

Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that China was ready to push forward its long-term, healthy and in-depth development of strategic partnership with Germany over the decades to come.

Vinalines reports shock 2011 profits after huge first-half losses; Infrastructure projects to be finished in 2012; Insurance market set for restructuring; Ocean tuna price remains high in central region; Viet Jet Air offers New Year discounts  

The Lim Festival opens today, February 3, in Bac Ninh province. This year the festival will make a record with the participation of 2,012 quan ho singers. But whether this famous festival needs sensational tricks attract attention?

VietNamNet Bridge – Annually, from the 4th to 16th day of the lunar year, families in Hue city--Vietnam’s ancient capital, often hold a ritual called “cung bon mang.”

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem completed the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK ranking 7th with 7 points after a draw in the final game with Indian rival Negi Parimarjanon on February 2.

NYSE Euronext announced Thursday the termination of its mega-merger deal with German stock exchange Deutsche Boerse after European regulators vetoed the deal.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has proposed to dismiss chairs of provinces and cities where the number of traffic accidents rises in three consecutive years. Thang’s opinion has again stirred up controversy.

Experts have pointed out that a breakthrough policy is needed to help develop the non-cash payment in Vietnam.