Building in HCMC collapses, injures 11; Thu Thiem tunnel to open to traffic next month; Overseas Vietnamese confesses to robbery

G20 financial leaders gathering in Paris welcomed the progress the Europe made on the eurozone debt issue on Saturday, but meanwhile expected the euro area to rely more on itself with bigger bailout fund to avoid contagion.

Phan Thi Ha Thanh won Vietnam's first world-class gymnastics medal as she finished third in the women's vault at the world championships in Tokyo Saturday on the eve of her 20th birthday.

While access to higher education has been growing fast in Vietnam over the last decade, many challenges remain for tertiary education institutions to improve skill delivery, said the World Bank in a report released in Hanoi on Thursday.

Two men’s and women’s tennis champions, Do Minh Quan and Huynh Phuong Dai Trang, have stated they would withdraw from the Southeast Asian Games 2011 if the Vietnam Tennis Federation does not call up Mai Huynh and Quoc Khanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's Construction Department targets developing 8.4 million sq.m. of housing by the end of the year, according to Nguyen Van Danh, deputy director of the department.

The Italian government approved on Friday a financial stability decree aimed at securing public finances by cutting down the expenditures of several ministries.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday that it will delay the publication of its semi- annual currency report to Congress.

Vietnam is considered one of the five most vulnerable countries in the world which may be the biggest sufferers in the global climate change.

Vietnam and China issued a joint statement on the occasion of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to China from Oct 11-15 at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Hu Jintao.

Developing IZ is an important strategy for the modernization and industrialization. However, the unreasonable programming has turned thousands of hectares of agricultural land into a waste.

Local newspapers have recently written many articles about Dong Nai 6 and 6A hydro-power projects. Some newspapers protested the construction of these plants inside Cat Tien National Park, and some others supported. What is the truth?

Deputy minister backs airline request for higher fare ceiling; Experts call for fresh look at border economic zones; HCMC slow e-customs clearance worries businesses; Vietnam attracts foreign telecom investors; Garment firms seek a good fit  

FPT affiliate starts human resources project with Tran Anh Co; Kaspersky launches Vietnamese protection software; VN positioned fourth in mobile internet advertising market; Vinaphone provides Vstore entertainment service for users

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced with great pleasure--the impressive export growth rate in the first nine months of the year. However, exporters themselves do not feel so happy because the actual profit is really modest.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of enterprises are rushing to distribute games, despite the legal barriers and the current difficulties, because games can bring attractive profit.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2011 enrolment season has finished. A lot of schools cannot find enough students, while many training branches have been shut down.

The Internet search giant Google on Thursday released its third fiscal quarter earnings report, posting strong numbers that beat analysts' estimates.

Producers and exporters from Europe, the US and Australia have been promoting the sale of farm produce to Vietnam, the country with 80 percent of population living on agricultural production.

Scientists found a comet with the same chemical composition as the Earth’s oceans, suggesting that comets might water the Earth originally, according to Reuters.