The East Sea’s significance has been wider recognized by many stakeholders in international navigation, maritime safety, natural resource exploitation, environmental protection, and legal effectiveness of international law.

A new study carried out by a Tel Aviv University researcher indicates that the common backache may not only be caused by bad positions or aging, but also by your genes.

A military plane crashed Tuesday in a mountainous area in south of Morocco, killing 78 people and wounding three others, the official news agency MAP said.

The second World Vovinam Championship will take place at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium on July 27-31.

Miss Russia 2011 arrives in Vietnam; Last Nguyen Dynasty tuong singer passes away; Pictorial book on Vietnam’s diplomatic relations; Vietnamese artists selected to join Asian Youth Orchestra; Third Haiku poem contest launched

Pianist Bich Tra will perform with a young classic voice – Nguyen Hai Dang – in the “Piano & Voice” concert on August 5, at the HCM City Conservatory of Music.

Nguyen Cao Ky, who served as Chief of the Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s before becoming premier of South Vietnam in mid-1960s, will be buried in Vietnam, as his wish, according to Tien Phong newspaper.

After four ties, Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem completed his first leg of competition at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2011, in Germany with a win over defending champion, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov.

South Korea is considering on whether to hire Vietnamese workers further or not, because many Vietnamese workers did not return home after the labor contracts end, said the chief of the Department for Management of Overseas Labor, Nguyen Ngoc Quynh.

After releasing the inauguration speech on the afternoon of July 25, President Truong Tan Sang talked with the media about sea and island sovereignty, combating corruption and combining the Party Secretary General title and the Presidency.

The Philippines will go ahead with oil exploration in the East Sea, challenging last week's regional agreement with China aimed at lowering tensions over the disputed waters, Foreign Minister Albert F. del Rosario said.

Farmers need more capital to maintain production and boost exports. However, bankers do not intend to pour money into the industry.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors worried the stalemate in the debt ceiling talks may lead to an actual default of U.S. debt.

VietNamNet Bridge - It was seaports once, dams and golf courses next, and now, it seems, airports.

The Oslo Tinhaus, the district court, opened on Monday the first hearing on the suspect of Friday's twin attacks, extending his custody for an additional eight weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge - After being inspected, most of these enterprises, which had been reporting losses, released financial reports which showed profits.

The government will maintain the cautious and tight monetary policy in the second half of 2011 to rein in inflation, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed at a regular cabinet meeting on July 24.

Vietnamese parents now have three choices for their children’s education – state owned schools, private schools and international schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - SaigonBus Company will start commissioning 21 more buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) in the middle of next month in response to HCMC’s air pollution control drive, said the city’s Department of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge –South Korean specialists will help restore bac chung (big brass bell) and dac khanh (big stone gong) musical instruments associated with nha nhac (Vietnamese royal music),