At least 20 patients suffocated to death and about 20 others still trapped in a massive fire that broke out Friday morning at a major hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.

VietNamNet Bridge – Training courses offered by pedagogy universities to existing primary-school teachers have shown good results, with improved quality of teaching and management, according to an education official.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City Police Department’s newly-issued ban of traffic policemen from carrying over VND100,000 (US$4.7) while on duty has stirred up a controversy.

Hanoi to host night of Korean opera; Int’l workshop on culture management; Comic drawing art workshop in town; Ha to have debut live concert; Photo contest highlights beauty of Vietnam contemporary architecture    

The newly-established Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) will eliminate the right for a single person to own different football clubs competing in the same tournament.   

Hanoi ranks 41st in Asia and 217th in the world among most expensive cities, ECA International has announced.

‘Vis-a-vis’ exhibition featuring new works by Do Hoang Tuong, Tran Van Thao, Sandrine Llouquet, Hoang Duong Cam, Lien Truong, Nguyen Thanh Truc, Nadege David and Thien Do opens at Galerie Quynh in District 1 at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Local tourism authorities have called for the northern province of Quang Ninh to postpone their anticipated 50%-100% ticket price increase for tourists visiting Halong Bay.

The software testing industry in Vietnam has developed rapidly in recent years as local companies have won the confidence of multinational technology giants.

Occupational diseases listed for support; Three policemen die when boat sinks after mission; No blackouts for upcoming holidays; Hospital gives wrong babies to two mothers

Contrary to all predictions, the information about the merging of three banks: TinNghia, Ficombank and SCB has not led to a chaos on the market. Depositors keep calm because they have confidence on the State Bank.

VietNamNet Bridge – Improving the quality of public healthcare and education services is among the key points of Viet Nam’s newly ratified Public Administration Reform Plan for 2011-20.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several projects to build new theatres and art performance venues in HCM City remain on paper due to a lack of funds.

Vietnam’s Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and the UK’s Vice Secretary of Transport Mike Penning signed an aviation cooperation agreement on December 8 within the framework of the National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s visit to the UK.

National Basketball Association (NBA) owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam planned to include karate in the nationwide school curriculum from next year following a co-operation project with the Ministry of Education and Training,

Twitter on Thursday started to roll out a major redesign of its interface in hopes of simplifying users' experience, as well as new brand pages to strengthen its relationship with advertisers.

Industrial zones have helped develop local economies, brought money and jobs to local residents, but they have been devastating the living environment.

The fact that the private airline Vietjet Air will provide the first commercial flights in late December cannot change the current situation in the aviation market, that the domestic aviation market is still being controlled by Vietnam Airlines .

Information technology experts say that they are witnessing a wave of localizing apps for mobile phones which aim to reach to more Vietnamese clients.