Sixteen-year-old Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien made it through to the boys U-18, group 2 semi-final at the China Junior 15 – Xiamen 2011 Tennis Championship on Thursday.

Thach Kim Tuan easily won gold medal in his favourite 56kg category of the National Weightlifting Championships yesterday.

Legal experts of ASEAN countries discussed the Initiative for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation in the East Sea at a meeting in the Filipino capital city of Manila from September 22-24.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of supporting and promoting general and complete disarmament, with top priority given to nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.

The foreign businessmen’s expansion in collecting coffee directly from farmers is a big threat to domestic coffee companies.

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said Friday it would announce a "crisis" government in the next few days while its troops are reported to have entered the eastern gate of Sirte,

Investors target pharmaceuticals; Trade Minister in US on investment search; First oil to enhance nation's energy security; Vietnam imports 25% more from China; Central bank licenses new gold imports  

Large volumes of untreated animal waste are being dumped directly into the environment, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health, agricultural experts have said.

Thanh Hoa authorities have to think of the reality and viability of using available facilities at a military airport for civil purposes before the province thinks about building a new airport at an estimated cost of over VND2.6 trillion.

The merger and acquisition (M&A) has been increasing in scale with the total turnover in the first nine months of the year reaching 2.67 billion dollars, far exceeding the 1.75 billion level obtained in 2010.

A project focused on developing rice straw-woven products aimed at tourists was recently set in place by the Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development (STD).

VietNamNet Bridge – Professional training will create high-quality products. That theory is proven by the football team from Aspire Institute (Qatar) at the HCM City Cup.

Nearly 100 hectares of the artificial forests in A Luoi district have been chopped down by local residents for timber and farming, while local authorities have been powerless

Scientists think that there might exist, a dangerous fracture in the area reserved for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant, urging to conduct thorough survey on the issue to avoid possible risks.

Eighteen Vietnamese fishermen – out of the 122 who have been arrested in the Philippines since May 30­ – arrived safely yesterday at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Vietnam is the fifth Southeast Asian country that is in the last research stage of dengue fever vaccine: test on humans.

Students of non-state universities are moaning about the high tuitions they have to pay, which are much higher than the tuition levels announced by the schools before.

Vietnam failed to qualify for the 2012 AFC Under-16 Championship after losing to Japan 2-5 in the tournament's fifth and final Group F qualifying match on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – “The national spirit is running in my heart,” fashion designer Quynh Paris told VietNamNet after her trip to France to join the Prête à Porter Paris 2012-2013 Fashion Week in Paris from September 3-6.

Facebook on Thursday introduced a new feature called Open Graph, enabling users to access and share a wide range of media and lifestyle content on the social network site.