VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of illegal parking lots in the inner city are located on pavements, causing traffic congestion and danger to pedestrians.

The domestic gold prices are believed to be controlled by the big enterprises which are holding the biggest market share. Especially, the price in the Vietnamese market is 4.4 million dong per tael higher than the world market.

People having a dog is way healthier than those don't, both physically and mentally, media reports said Tuesday.

Typhoon Nesat exited the Philippines Wednesday, leaving 31 people dead, over 60,000 families displaced and damaging nearly 1 billion pesos (22.8 million U.S. dollars) worth of infrastructure and crops.

VietNamNet Bridge – Painter Ngoc Mai, 60, has spent 12 years to create dozens of paintings depicting impressive moments in great poet Nguyen Du’s “The Tale of Kieu”.

Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka was giving few secrets away ahead of his side' s Champions League clash at home to Ajax on Tuesday night.

Two civilians were killed and 26 others injured on Tuesday morning when a suicide car bomb went off in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said.

The local motorbike market this year has seen a boom for manufacturers and retailers despite the current economic uncertainty.

Companies struggle to rediscover their feet; Fluctuating EU, US markets drop textile, garment export earnings; Real-estate firms must look to private sector; Handicrafts under pressure; Viet Nam Steel finally begins equitisation  

State-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation’s frauds cost the state budget VND907 billion (US$45.35 million), the Ministry of Public Security has said.

Typhoon Nesat has entered the East Sea and is heading towards the Gulf of Tonkin threatening the northern and central provinces and affecting the lives of thousands of fishermen still at sea, Vietnam's national weather bureau said Wednesday. 

Rio de Janeiro has the highest level of air pollution in Brazil, and is more polluted than many other world metropolis like New York, London and Paris, a World Health Organization (WHO) study said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tennis player, Nguyen Hoang Thien, 17, has made a great leap in the rankings of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), from 238th to 144th. Behind Thien is Vietnamese Canadian player, Nguyen Thai Binh.

Australian twin duo, Nervo, to DJ in Ho Chi Minh City; 'Weirdo' hip hop trio hit Hanoi; Online film fest to bring works to Paris; Musical concert to celebrate the nostalgia of autumn in Hanoi     

Thousands of OV families in Cambodia hit by floods; Officials’ drinking buddy arrested; More funds sought for HIV prevention; Interpol General Assembly heads to Hanoi

Singer Uyen Linh who won TV singing contest Vietnam Idol last year is the 100,000th person to sign a pledge promising not to use bear bile and other products made from bear to protect this animal in Vietnam.

Vietnam ranks 81 st among 152 countries in the International Telecommunication Union’s ICT Development Index (IDI), moving up 10 places from its 91 st position in 2008, the Ministry of Information and Communication has said.

Scientists have been making great efforts to show how harmful coffee is to us, though no evidence yet. A latest study may be reassuring for coffee-lovers.

Chairman of New7Wonders organization presented a certificate to certify that Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay enters the final round of the poll on the seven new natural wonders of the world, to Quang Ninh province’s authorities on September 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Reviewing statistics of Vietnam’s inflation in the last five years, it is worrying that the consumer price index (CPI) in four years is over ten percent. The only one year with one-digit CPI is 2009 (6.5 percent).