State-owned groups, corporations and enterprises that are over 50 percent State-owned will have to sell foreign reserves (US dollar) to commercial banks from next month.

China's top player Li Na continued her history making journey at the French Open, beating Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday to roar into the women's singles final.

The "Inception" star Leonardo DiCaprio and the "Gossip Girl" beauty Blake Lively have been spotted wrapped around one another during a recent trip to Italy, according to media reports.

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts believe that the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology, or FPT does not have many opportunities to penetrate the telecom market.

Microsoft on Wednesday gave a preview of its next-generation operating system code-named "Windows 8."

VietNamNet Bridge – The newly-issued Circular 20, which is thought to kill private car dealers and bring benefits to authorized automobile importers, turns out to be not welcomed by the authorized importers.

The death toll of the attack by militants on a police check post in upper Dir area of northwestern Pakistan rose to 27, local media reported Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Believing that the steel industry now can get benefits from the low electricity prices, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is attempting to “create a fairness” by imposing tax.

Cities need to set up food safety committees; Bringing light to nearly 6,000 poor people; 5 arrested for setting up US$131,000 fake robbery; Air passenger charged for hiding 306 diamonds

VietNamNet Bridge - Shares of ceramic tile maker Vitaly are changing hands at around VND2,000 on the Hanoi Stock Exchange--the price of  a bunch of water spinach in a rural market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam should continue to invest in social assistance mechanisms to tackle poverty, especially among the ethnic poor, according a United Nations independent expert on human rights and extreme poverty.

VietNamNet Bridge - The exploration ship Binh Minh 2, whose cable was cut by a Chinese vessel last week, returned to Nha Trang Port yesterday after completing seismic surveys in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

“Vietnam has sufficient evidence to sue China at international jurisdiction agencies, against its flagrant infringement of Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone,” said former chief of the Government’s Border Committee.

Southern Fruit Festival; Vietnam Architecture Exhibition opens in HCM City; TV show to track down missing martyrs, families; Vietnam-French director to judge international film festival; Photo book to capture beauty of Hoan Kiem Lake

VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of May 31, three Chinese military ships opened fire to threaten four fishing boats from Vietnam’s Phu Yen province, in the sea of Vietnam.

A broadband development programme was highlighted at the two-day 4th Annual Viet Nam International Telecoms Summit 2011, which started June 1.

A no-confidence motion against Japan' s embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan was rejected by the lower house Thursday, allowing some time for Kan's cabinet to proceed with handling the Fukushima nuclear crisis and post-quake work.

Endeavour landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up its final mission to space before becoming the next to last U.S. shuttle to retire.

The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism would work out a set of standards for tour boats nationwide to ensure passenger safety, its deputy director Hoang Thi Diep said at an online conference in Ha Noi yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many activities for children were organized throughout the country on the Children’s Day (June 1). Below are photos taken in Hanoi, Hue and HCM City by VietNamNet and VNExpress.