An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 09:57 a.m. local time (0057 GMT) on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami warnings or advisories are currently in effect.

VietNamNet Bridge - Recently a spate of traffic accidents have raised alarm amongst citizens, particularly three accidents that occurred simultaneously on July 6 in Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thua Thien – Hue provinces in which five people were killed.

VietNamNet Bridge - International donors have channeled US$2.688 billion to Vietnam’s state budget in the past decade under Poverty Reduction Support Credit program (PRSC).

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC scientists are studying a model of watershed protection approach introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for controlling the alarming water pollution of the Saigon River.

VietNamNet Bridge - Roughly 100 kilometers northwest from Thanh Hoa City is Luong Ngoc Stream, which has been named the “God fish stream” by the Muong ethnic minority.

Thirst for dollar, banks raise rate past 2% cap; Skills the main concern for business; Vietnam sees 2011 trade gap at $14-14.5 bln; Higher charter capital required for airlines to operate; Vital assembly line technology to be tax free from August

VietNamNet Bridge – Bamboo Wing, an architectural work made from bamboo in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, has won the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum in the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the men's singles of the National Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships which wrapped up in HCM City on Wednesday.

Vietnamese consumers, compared to other Asian shoppers, are more inclined to seek promotions as inflation causes more people to become price-sensitive, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Shopper Trends Study released on Tuesday.

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare skin cancer is more aggressive than the deadly skin disease melanoma, according to an Australian study revealed on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ut Linh is a skillful rush-mat maker; though she is only nine years old. She is among rare descendants of the Cai Chanh rush-mat making village in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

The Republic of South Sudan declared independence Saturday, waiting to be recognized as the 193rd member of the United Nations and hoping to keep peace with the north after decades of war.

Van Ngoc Tu ranks 45th in world Judoka ranking; Vinh Long table tennis event begins with a bounce; U16 Vietnam lose 0-5 to Singapore; HCM City badminton team to attend US Open; Vietnam to attend international Olympiads  

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's Truong Thanh Hang won a silver medal in the women's 1,500m event at the ongoing 19th Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, July 8.

An analysis of the front pages of Internet's 10,000 largest sites showed that Facebook still enjoys a dominant position on the adoption of social sharing plug-ins and links to social sites, according to a study released Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese exporters of major products are selling more but earning less, leading economic experts have said.

An airliner crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Friday as it tried to land in bad weather, killing 127 people, the country's transport ministry said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is drafting the automobile industry development strategy for 2020-2030, which shows two most important tasks: increasing the localization ratios and setting up powerful mechanical engineering centers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) and its subsidiaries have decided to cancel construction of 300 projects with total investment of VND12.5 trillion (US$609 million) in response to Government Resolution 11.

VietNamNet Bridge -  Indonesia should use regional forums and its leadership position in ASEAN to help relieve tensions between China and its Southeast Asian neighbors over the East Sea territorial disputes, an expert says.