Activist says around 79 people were killed Sunday in several Syrian cities in clashes with security forces, as army troops in tanks swept into some cities at dawn Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite credit tightening and challenges on the home and global markets, several Vietnamese companies have still managed to maintain work on their ongoing projects abroad.

While welding a lightning-rod, sparks shot out to a nearby pile of sponges, causing a huge fire at a footwear workshop in Hai Phong on July 29. Thirteen people died and 21 others were moved to the National Burn Hospital in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is well known in the world as the fourth biggest rubber exporter. However, its businesses usually complain that they lack rubber materials for their production.

The death toll from tropical storm Nock-ten (local code: Juaning) in the Philippines has risen to 52, the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chu Mo Commune in Ia Pa District in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, was one of the regions known for breeding elephants. However, Ksor Cham is now the only one who feeds the elephants in Plei Pa Kdranh Village.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued Decree 46, under which   licensing regulations for foreign workers will be tightened, effective August 1.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Several foreign business chambers and associations in Vietnam have just sent a joint petition to the Prime Minister seeking reversal of new rules on foreign labor in Vietnam that will take effect next week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s U19 football team will get one-month training at the Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi from August 3 in preparation for Southeast Asian Football Cup 2011.

Ho Chi Minh City rejects demand for waste imports; Five kids drown in Thua Thien Hue; UNIDO helps VN implement Stockholm Convention; Vietnam commits to ensure food security, nutrition; Police deny child kidnapping rumour

Scientists from around the world will gather on the east coast of New Zealand next week to discuss proposals to study "silent" earthquakes by drilling into the seabed.

Japanese women remained to be the world's longest-living last year, though their average life expectancy fell slightly to 86.39 years, according to media reports Thursday.

A commercial plane carrying 162 people crashed early Saturday while landing in Guyana, causing several injuries but no deaths, the Guyanese government said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Thuan provincial authorities have been warned that the massive titanium exploitation not only causes serious environmental pollution, but also causes very high risk of radioactivity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Young designers of Ha Noi's College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) will display their collections at a graduate fashion show and exhibition named Itinerary, on August 5-7.

Cao Dinh Hung, a PhD University student in Australia, has been successful in developing a new method of using synthetic seeds to grow native eucalyptus and African mahogany trees, which are traditionally difficult to propagate from graft cuttings.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doubts have been raised that seafood export enterprises are joining hands to force tra fish prices down in the domestic market.

Ninh Thuan to host Sea Village Festival; New art show seeks to give draftmanship its due; Vietnam circus hits stage in Paris; Hanoi exhibition showcases satirical paintings; Ancient burial site found in central region

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite it is in summer or winter, and the days are foggy or full of sunshine, Moc Chau Plateau is always attractive with its dreamlike beauty.

VietNamNet Bridge - Recent economic shocks have released a warning message: if the policy for the Mekong Delta (Vietnam’s rice basket) is not changed, agriculture - the region’s advantage - will disappear.