A series of gunfire and bomb attacks, including four successive blasts in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Karbala, killed a total of 17 people and wounding dozens in a new escalation of violence in the country

Telecom opportunities sought in Algeria; Taxes dampen used car imports in Vietnam; VnSteel hunts Japanese partner; Cement firms start to crumble; Rice farmers think big to improve income; Increase in small cars, MPVs sales in August  

As a tropical depression in the East Sea is upgrading into a storm, central and southern Vietnam is suffering from more floods and heavy rain, the Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center said.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan received delegates to the third Vietnam-China People’s Forum in Hanoi on Sunday, in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Kong Xuanyou.

Oc Om Boc, the annual Water Festival of the Khmer people, will this year coincide with the Vietnam Rice Festival in Soc Trang Province, home to a large community of the ethnic minority group.

“Farmers now have no more tra fish to sell. They have given up farming. Seafood processing companies will face a serious material shortage in the time to come,” warned Deputy Chair of the An Giang Provincial Seafood Association (AFA), Le Chi Binh.

Prudential staff charged for fleeing with $14mil; 18 fishermen return from Philippine captivity; 18 fishermen return from Philippine captivity

VietNamNet Bridge – Many roads in HCM City are named after well-known men to commemorate these people, but the names are written wrongly.

After a ten-year hiatus, the world's largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week.

If you are visiting Dong Thap Province in the flooding season, tourists, even locals in the Mekong Delta will feel excited with the familiar and strange feeling of nature in the alluvium wetland.

Sixteen-year-old Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien made it through to the boys U-18, group 2 semi-final at the China Junior 15 – Xiamen 2011 Tennis Championship on Thursday.

Thach Kim Tuan easily won gold medal in his favourite 56kg category of the National Weightlifting Championships yesterday.

Legal experts of ASEAN countries discussed the Initiative for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation in the East Sea at a meeting in the Filipino capital city of Manila from September 22-24.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of supporting and promoting general and complete disarmament, with top priority given to nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.

The foreign businessmen’s expansion in collecting coffee directly from farmers is a big threat to domestic coffee companies.

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said Friday it would announce a "crisis" government in the next few days while its troops are reported to have entered the eastern gate of Sirte,

Investors target pharmaceuticals; Trade Minister in US on investment search; First oil to enhance nation's energy security; Vietnam imports 25% more from China; Central bank licenses new gold imports  

Large volumes of untreated animal waste are being dumped directly into the environment, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health, agricultural experts have said.

Thanh Hoa authorities have to think of the reality and viability of using available facilities at a military airport for civil purposes before the province thinks about building a new airport at an estimated cost of over VND2.6 trillion.

The merger and acquisition (M&A) has been increasing in scale with the total turnover in the first nine months of the year reaching 2.67 billion dollars, far exceeding the 1.75 billion level obtained in 2010.