The UN highly values Vietnam ’s success in implementing millennium development goals (MDGs) as well as its effective participation in the “One-UN” initiative in the country.

Death toll from an epidemic of dengue fever, which has gripped Pakistan's most populous and eastern province of Punjab, has now reached 62 as another man died on Thursday, health officials and local media reported.

The baby formula prices have been decreasing significantly in the world market, but the prices are getting more and more expensive in the domestic market.

The digital gap between rural and urban areas remains a challenge for people in the rural communities of ASEAN member countries, who struggle to get better access to key services such as education and healthcare.

Campaign launched to promote Ha Long as world’s natural wonder; 40 years of German video art on display; Vietnam joins cultural fair in Netherlands; Hanoi to spend $37 mln on museum displays; Hanoi plans huge entertainment park complex       

VietNamNet Bridge – In autumn, the fields of Mu Cang Chai turn varying shades of brilliant yellow and are filled with life as ethnic Mong farmers, wearing traditional attire, harvest the abundance of ripe rice

National Assembly Chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung, on September 21 announced the NA Standing Committee’s decision to appoint Nguyen Duc Hien, Vice Chair of the NA Office, as the chief of the NA’s Committee for People’s Aspirations.

VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnam’s top striker, Le Cong Vinh, and Hanoi T&T FC planed to sign their second 3-year contract today, September 23, but the striker changed his mind at the last minute.

Quang Nam province has decided to raise capital for the largest monument to pay tribute to mothers of martyred soldiers (called heroic mothers), to VND410 billion (nearly $20 million), five times higher than the initial investment estimate.

At least 30,000 in the southern Philippines have been displaced by flash floods in two days of heavy downpour, local official said on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the morning of September 20, finalists of the Vietnam Supermodel 2011, joined the swimsuit competition at Prenn Waterfall in Da Lat.

Building firm fined for delayed school project; Crane loses hook, worker injured; Vedan set to pay for pollution violations; Vietnamese killed in Haiti plane crash

European stocks witnessed another dark session on Thursday, after index sank more than 4 percent as the U.S. Federal Reserve pointed to gloomy economic growth in the world's leading economy.

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Tonga at 12:07:04 p.m. Friday (2307 GMT on Thursday), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The State Bank of Vietnam last week granted the quotas to import four tons of gold, aiming to narrow the gap between the domestic and the world’s prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam were denied a chance to win the trophy at the HCM City International Football Tournament after the team was held to a draw by Aspire Qatar.

Tunisian authorities have arrested former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi in Tunisia's southern border areas, the country's state TV said Thursday, citing an interior ministry official.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese mathematician Professor Hoang Tuy has been named as the first ever recipient of the Constantin Caratheodory Prize for his pioneering work and fundamental contributions to global optimisation.

Minh defeated by India's Jayaram; Viet Nam steady in FIFA rankings; U-19's end AFF champs in second; Teams set for Toyota Cup face off

U.S. financial markets took a big hit on Thursday, with both stocks and commodities suffering massive sell-offs, as the Federal Reserve's bleak outlook on the economy and poor economic data added to fears of a double-dip recession.