Acting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, also ruling Democrat Party leader, is scheduled to launch its political campaign in the Northeast, a major stronghold of the opposition Pheu Thai Party and the anti-government red- shirts,

Phu Yen to host ASEAN music festival in June; Vietnam to attend Circuba 2011; US poet introduces Nguyen Trai poem collection; Pupils share their vision of the UK; Kids exposed to classical music

A U.S. state department delegation left here Saturday after a five-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

VietNamNet Bridge - Construction of the Van Phong International Port in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa has been suspended for one year with no indication of a resumption date.

VietNamNet Bridge – Writing autograph books, releasing paper-made aircrafts with their wishes, tears… are the scenes at the school-year closing ceremony of the 12th graders in Hanoi.

The authorities of Joplin city in the U.S. state of Missouri on Friday updated the death toll to 132 from the deadliest single tornado that battered the city in the evening of May 22.

Two U.S. astronauts conducted the fourth and final scheduled spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced.

VietNamNet Bridge - Much has been said about the impacts of dams on freshwater fish stocks in the Mekong River. However, the effects on marine fishery output also deserve thorough consideration.

VietNamNet Bridge - Researchers call for greater public awareness about the consequences of homophobic discrimination.

VietNamNet Bridge - Industrial production in the first five months of the year surged 14.2 per cent against the same period in 2010 to VND343.6 trillion (US$16.36 billion), the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

Super cars are forecasted to continue flowing into Vietnam, despite the attempt by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to restrict imports, car dealers say.

The Ministry of Public Security Tuesday issued a new instruction banning police in the country from wearing black sunglasses, from smoking, from reading books and from putting their hands into pockets while on duty at public places.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Badminton Federation will hire a Danish coach for the national young team, said the federation’s Secretary General, Le Thanh Sang.

From May 27 to June 3, 2011, Vietnam will introduce its five world cultural heritages at the World Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition in China.

For the last 20 years, Kon Tum and Quang Nam provinces have invested millions of US dollars to maintain Ngoc Linh ginseng genetic resource, but they have developed only 5-7 hectares. Meanwhile, a private firm has grown over 100ha of ginseng.

The rate of one dentist per 70,000 people in Lam Dong province is the highest rate among provinces in Vietnam’s Central Highlands  

Like other property segments, entertainment property projects play an important role in the market as it  will support significantly to the development of the tourism industry.

Six Italian peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded Friday when a bomb targeting their vehicle exploded on the highway leading to the south Lebanon coastal city of Sidon,

VietNamNet Bridge - SHB Da Nang will have the chance to close the gap with leaders Song Lam Nghe An as they are playing at home and away, respectively, in the V-League's round 16 this weekend.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has staunchly opposed the recent action of Chinese marine surveillance vessels in cutting the exploration cables of a PetroVietnam ship that was conducting seismic surveys within Vietnam's continental shelf.