Mercedes-Benz dealer accused of deception; VN, India talk measures to achieve $7 bln trade target; Raising coal prices under discussion; Liquidity stresses spread to securities; Income tax to be cut 30% for small business  

Seven people were killed and 23 others injured in a magnitude-5.6 quake in eastern Turkey, the Turkish government said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 350,000 people died from non-infectious diseases each year, a sharp increase over previous years, according to the HCM City Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four polluting factories in HCM City were forced to suspend operations by having their power supply cut and their machinery and equipment sealed,

Italy's borrowing cost soared to breaking point on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Tuesday that he would resign after reforms aimed at calming the eurozone turmoil was adopted.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch artist Rienke Enghardt cannot remember exactly how many times she has returned to Viet Nam since her first visit in 1993, but she believes that this is the third time interactive art project Hope Box

With the good infrastructure conditions and grandiose natural landscapes, Ha Long has become an attractive destination for real estate developers.

Hanoi hosts int’l agricultural forum; US tourist leaves wallet on taxi, driver takes off; Mentally ill woman climbs high-voltage pole; Driver of truck in deadly accident had no license

Russian weightlifter Oxana Slivenko beat Chinese teenager Xiang Yanmei to win her third title in the women's 69 kilograms at the World Championships on Wednesday.

 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named three members of Ghana's senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, among 10 players shortlisted to compete for the 2011 African footballer of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Art Performing Agency on November 9, permitted the Viet Bac Folk Music Theatre to organize the second live show of famous overseas Vietnamese singer Che Linh in Hanoi.

At the time traffic jams and traffic accidents are getting serious in Hanoi and HCM City, the public is surprised when the transport sector announces to building golf courses in HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport and in Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport.

The 17th Vietnam Film Festival is expected to attract about 1,000 delegates and 108 films, said Ngo Phuong Lan, vice chief of the Vietnam Cinema Agency and vice chief organizer of the festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Downpours and water discharged by hydro-power plants in the central region has submerged hundreds of thousands of families in the lowlands, 22 people died.

VietNamNet Bridge - A ceremony was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 9, to hoist the national flags of participating countries, including Vietnam, in the Southeast Asian Games 2011 (SEA Games).

A Russian Mars probe launched early Wednesday has failed to reach its intended orbit, Russia's space agency told reporters in Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The decision to increase the minimum wage two months earlier than initially planned has raised big worries to businesses, especially the labor intensive industries such as garment and footwear.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exciting boat race kicked off the Khmer community's Ooc Om Bok religious ceremony yesterday in Soc Trang Province to worship the Moon God who brought them a good crop and abundant fish this year.

All my life people have told me that art is only for the rich who decorate their homes with expensive paintings, while my love of art is dismissed due to my lack of wealth.

The number of jobless workers requiring unemployment subsidies in Hanoi has surged drastically in recent months as production firms scaled down or even shut down their business due to economic downturn.