Global marketing and advertising research company Nielson on Thursday said in its latest survey that Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate the U.S. smartphone market in June.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tropical storm Nock-Ten is forecast to make landfall over the central coastal region between Thai Binh and Ha Tinh provinces at 7pm today, with wind gusts of up to 102kph.

Vinapco gets jet fuel from Dung Quat Refinery; Brokerages adopt new survival strategies; Petrolimex ‘suddenly’ makes profit prior to IPO; Foreign players brew up coffee market dominance; Businesses decry high land-use fees  

Screening of “Les Bureaux de Dieu”; Book “Every Child is a Philosopher”; Film Screening in Aug at IDECAF; Screening of “Policewoman”; Reggae and African Music Night; Performance “Story of the Shoes”; Beat Head Music Night

VietNamNet Bridge – The first international day for tigers will be held in Hanoi on July 31, to raise the awareness of protection of this endangered species.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam will surely face harsh challenges in the last two rounds at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany when he takes on two rivals in the top group competing for the title this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 13th National Assembly yesterday afternoon continued voting for personnel for council, committees and members of the Secretariat.

Brazilians are eating a lot of rice and beans as well as high-calorie junk food lacking nutrition, a study released Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) found.

Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth,

VietNamNet Bridge - Immediate privatisation of the electricity industry may put a burden on incompetent private power plants and affect the national power supply, one official said.

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night postponed a crucial vote on the debt ceiling plan put forth by House Speaker John Boehner to avoid default, as GOP leaders were trying to securing enough votes within their party caucus.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Union of Science for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) plans to promote salt parks to tourists as an environmentally friendly attraction.

Representatives from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Thursday concluded their first day of a two-day dialogue aiming at reviving the long-stalled six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,

Quang Nam provincial authorities feel elated with the idea of setting up a national automobile center, while considering applying huge incentives to investors. Meanwhile, the plan has not been welcomed by many automobile manufacturers.

Vietnam attends Asian meeting on aquaculture; Overturned truck looted in Quang Binh; 2 children die, 18 sick after eating wild fruit; Unofficial buses fleece unsuspecting customers

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of 18 Vietnamese piano students aged 9-24 have excelled at the sixth Asia International Piano Academy Festival (AIPAF).

Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) should join together to reduce the increasing threats of abnormal floods from climate change, a workshop was told yesterday in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Commercial banks have officially announced big profits for the first six months of 2011, despite the tightened monetary policies

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam came from behind to defeat Qatar 2-1 in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Ha Noi's My Dinh Stadium yesterday, July 28.

The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular 94/2011/TT-BTC modifying its previous circular that offers guidelines for implementation of Government Decree 142/2005/ND-CP of November 14, 2005 on land rent.