The number of U.S. people initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose back after falling below 400,000 a week earlier, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.

The US’s recent moves – sending its super-aircraft carriers to the East Sea, joining military exercises with the Philippines – and the presence of Chinese largest patrol ship in the East Sea show the escalation in military activities in this region.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) or unresectable melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

Tokyo stocks declined sharply Thursday, with the key Nikkei stock index slumping 1.25 percent to a 5-month closing low on mounting concerns about a global economic downturn and compounded by a persistently strong yen

US-Vietnam trade hits US$10 billion; VN to have 118 golf courses; Yamaha Motor to expand Ha Noi-based factory; Auto parts importers evade tax; Products recalled from U.S. hit record high; Processors fret about new food safety rules 

VietNamNet Bridge – While the two-year-old project to bury some of Ha Noi's mess of overhead wires underground has already benefited a few residents, the failure to tidy up the chaos throughout the rest of the city has not gone unnoticed.

Microsoft's cloud-based software Microsoft Office 365 on Wednesday experienced its first major outage since its introduction in late June.

Latest research shows that the Moon could be younger than previous estimates. The findings were published online Wednesday in the Nature journal.

VietNamNet newspaper, the Vietnam Writers’ Association and the Vietnam Musicians’ Association on August 16, jointly launched a song and poetry competition entitled “This is Vietnam’s sea”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is trying to speed up delayed traffic projects of all types, including Da Nang International Airport.

The products used in the education sector have been cited as the ones which see the highest price increases, by 24.14 percent. It is now the time for parents to move heaven and earth to arrange money for their children’s new academic year.

Leo Messi was again the hero for FC Barcelona as he scored two goals to take his side to a 3-2 win over Real Madrid in the return leg of the Spanish Supercup.

A starting point for appraising Chinese attitudes to security CBMs is 'China's National Defense in 2010', the Chinese defence white paper released in early 2011, itself touted as an act of improved transparency...

VietNamNet Bridge - Profit margin of retailers slumped dramatically in the first seven months of the year, while sales moved up on rising consumer price.

Wooden furniture exporters now have products, but cannot sell them, they have orders, but dare not sign contracts. Vietnamese products have become less competitive on the international market because of the high interest rates.

Two men die after eating poisonous insects; Additional buses put on to meet additional demand over the holiday; Vietnamese gambler tortured, dies in Cambodia; Viet Nam is Asia's fastest growing bond market

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of girls who are called “beauty queens” has soared in Vietnam in recent years. Some joke that Vietnam is now in disorder of beauties and they can see a beauty queen whenever they leave their houses.

Russia would export arms worth some 9 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, a leading Russian arms exporter said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Giang Plant Protection 2 team produced a strong performance to help Ho Huynh Van An seize the yellow jersey from Nguyen Truong Tai of Domesco Dong Thap in the fourth stage

Young Vietnamese model Jessica Minh Anh, who is also the director of UK agency J Model Management, is ready to take high fashion 44m off the ground in the very first fashion show to be held on London's iconic Tower Bridge.