With less than one week towards a possible calamitous U.S. debt default deadline, the White House said that a debt limit compromise is essential and possible, adding fresh pressure to the stalemated debt ceiling negotiation process.

Some 460,000 foreign tourists visited Viet Nam in July, bringing the total number of visitors to the country in the first seven months to 3.43 million, up 17.3 per cent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam is seeded No 7 at the August's World Badminton Championship after a draw on Monday in London, England.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Ngoc Anh will share the stage with her younger brother, Anh Khang, for the first time in the capital this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge –A Sino-Nom calligraphy training programme will open this September at the Temple of Literature.

National sovereignty is sacred and imprescriptible. In this field, all countries and nations are equal, said Prof. Phan Huy Le, Chairman of the Association of Historical Sciences of Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam bagged two silver and five bronze medals at the Asian Karate Championship in China, which ended on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The appeal hearing for Cu Huy Ha Vu, 54, who has been given a 7-year jail term for writing many articles against the Vietnamese State and Government, will be opened on August 2, said the Supreme People’s Court.

Businesses have complained about the overly high new land leasing fees which would put a heavy burden on businesses. Meanwhile, local authorities have tried to dodge the laws to save local businesses before the government saves them.

US company to design 79-storey tower in Hanoi; Thu Thiem Tunnel opens on November 22: city committee; Kidnapped forest officers rescued

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Norway will be even opener after Friday's twin attacks which claimed 76 lives.

VietNamNet Bridge – A local private publishing house has plans to file a lawsuit against a number of foreign language centres, private bookstores and universities in HCM City that are allegedly pirating its books for commercial purposes.

VietNamNet Bridge – After lashing the Philippines, tropical storm Nock-Ten entered the East Sea yesterday evening with winds of 88-102 kilometer per hour and gusts of up to 132 kilometers per hour,

VietNamNet Bridge – Hunting shark for their fins is popular in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh because Viet Nam has not prohibited the practice.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environmental pollution and road construction for bauxite transport were among the hot issues queried about the most by local media at a news briefing hosted by Dong Nai Province last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – A big obstacle, Qatar, is awaiting Viet Nam in the second leg of the 2014 World Cup second qualifier today, July 28, at Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People's Committee has approved a bus development project that aims to get 3.62 million people travelling by bus daily by 2020 – 25 per cent of real demand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam would need up to VND713 trillion (US$34.6 billion) to restore and develop road safety corridors from 2011-20, according to estimates from the Directorate for Roads.

Oslo's central train station was partially evacuated for hours Wednesday morning, after police received reports of a suspicious suitcase.

Tax breaks and land lease incentives would be offered to boost the domestic auto industry with the aim of making auto production a key Vietnamese industry by 2020, according to a draft considered by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.