Vietnam’s top tennis player Do Minh Quan trounced defending champion Thanh Trung 7-5 in a tennis tournament for outstanding national players nationwide, which concluded in Danang city on December 15.

The death toll in the illicit liquor disaster in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has risen to 171, as several more people died Friday after drinking the spurious liquor Tuesday night, reported local media Friday.

The Dutch Embassy in Vietnam will present the capital city of Hanoi with 4,625 pots of lily for decoration during its upcoming flower festival.

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it will automatically upgrade the Internet Explorer (IE) to the latest version to give Windows customers more protection against malicious software.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang has joined the 8th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference which opened in Geneva on December 15.

A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva formally adopted the accession agreement of the Russia Federation, drawing a finishing line for the country's 18-year-long membership accession.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien attended the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) in Tokyo on December 16.

Work on Vinh Thinh Bridge over Red River is scheduled to start tomorrow, December 18, with a total investment of US$137 million, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Coming to Quy Nhon, visiting Eo Gio to hear the wind whispering through mountain walls, caves and then harmonize with waves crashing onto the shore is a must.

Vietnam has earned US$515 million in revenue from exporting vegetables and fruit to become the fifth largest exporter in the world.

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Vietnam has always attached great importance to and actively participated in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) mechanisms through initiatives and specific contributions to all GMS cooperation programmes.

World economy is facing gloomy prospects and all countries need to take action to deal with the global challenge, said the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday.

Despite boasting great potential for solar power development, Vietnam has just made little use of it due to a lack of a detailed roadmap and incentive policies.

Vietnam’s representative Nguyen Thi Thu Huong has just been named the second runner-up at the final round of this year’s Mrs. World pageant which was held in Orlando, Florida on December 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – If Vietnam does not focus on developing high technologies, but continues relying on the natural resources and cheap labor force, its technologies will never be competitive in the world market.

The European Union (EU) will hold on to the euro and will emerge from the crisis stronger, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly met on Thursday to discuss and deliberate on drafts for labor and price laws, and a proposal to extend maternity leave for female employees for a period of six months.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Taking advantage of a blackout, worker Le Cong Chanh of the Tan Binh Phu Co., Ltd. in the central province of Phu Yen, lied down on a pile of paper on the floor to sleep and he was ground by a paper grinder.