Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted quarterly revenue and earnings that both beat analysts' expectations.

Vietnamese storm to semi-finals at world boxing event; Ha called up to VN volleyball team as SEA Games approach; Ha Nam draw with Coal and Mineral in women's tourney

While Vietnam has been tightening the monetary policies strictly to curb inflation, it has been slow in adjusting the fiscal policy to help fight against inflation.

Argentina's world famous soccer Diego Maradona on Thursday presented a lawsuit in the San Juan province of the west-central Cuyo region over the use of his image in a local election campaign.

A surprising thing is occurring on the foreign currency market: dollars keep flowing into commercial banks. Meanwhile, in the past, banks never successfully persuaded people to sell dollars to them. The dollar price has been decreasing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses needed to take a proactive stance when it came to disaster prevention in order to reduce risks, besides the standard relief and support measures that are usually employed following a disaster,

The death toll of a suicide bombing in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala has risen to 12 with 40 others wounded, local police source told Xinhua.

Phan Thi Huong Giang, second runner-up of Miss Jewelry 2009 pageant, will be the Vietnamese representative at the Miss Global Beauty Queen 2011 pageant, in Seoul, South Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Bulgarian football legend, Hristo Stoichkov in April paid a visit to Vietnam and met with officials of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – A quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred in Sin Ho in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau at 9 am, April 28.

US Congress to support VN ties; Viet Nam, Cambodia vow to crush smuggling, trade fraud; Germany to help VN bolster EU relations

High-quality Vietnamese goods fair opens in HCMC; Workers Month 2011 launched in Hanoi; Vietnam launches no-tobacco week; Discoverer of HPV vaccine to speak at seminar; Truck loses trailer, causing jam on Ca Pass       

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of more than 100 photographs of the sea, people and daily life in coastal Binh Thuan province opened yesterday, April 28, in the lobby of Viet Nam News Agency's southern office in District 3.

Multinational troupe offers charitable performances; Poland gives US$25,000 to restore Hue gate; Painting exhibition opens Hue Traditional Craft Festival; Exhibitions boast beauty of Cham temples and towers        

The death toll from the disastrous storms and tornados that swept through the southern United States has risen to nearly 300, with 194 confirmed fatalities in the state of Alabama alone, the latest tally showed Thursday.

New KL-HCM City flight added; Cruise ship to visit Viet Nam; Three-day Cambodia tour on offer; Solo helicopter tours for Da Nang; Festival hails Truong Sa islands

VietNamNet Bridge – Cyclist Do Tuan Anh won the seventh stage of the nation's most prestigious cycling tournament, the HCM City Television (HTV) Cup yesterday, April 28.

The US Department of State, on April 26, stated that it welcome a delay in construction of Laos’s Xayaburi Dam Project, and hoped that ASEAN countries could work out an environmentally sound solution.

Air pollution poses a threat to the health of about 154 million Americans -- or more than half of the U.S. population, the American Lung Association (ALA) said on Wednesday.

Three Misses Vietnam will appear in evening gowns designed by well-known fashion designer, Hoang Hai, at a gala in the central city of Da Nang on May 1.