At least nine people including three troops and six militants were killed in a terrorist attack on a Pakistan air force base in the country's southern port city of Karachi late Sunday night, local Urdu TV channel ARY reported.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City authorities have begun four projects for relocating 2,200 families living in areas seriously threatened by landslides during the storm season.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Department of Transport in HCM City has prepared a plan to minimise the subsidence of road surfaces in order to ensure residents' safety during the upcoming rainy season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Book lovers can look forward to a new event in the schedule of this year's European Days, with European Literature Days at the EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ha Noi on May 27-28.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC Environmental Protection Agency in a fresh inspection has found over 50% of enterprises located along the Saigon River have no wastewater facilities.

A total of 250 tons of highly contaminated radioactive water leaked into the sea in earlier May from the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A dozen of sea festivals are organized in Vietnam, in the names of culture-sports-tourism week, sea tourism week, sea festivals, etc. However, these festivals cannot create their uniqueness.

After odd fruits in Vietnam, VietNamNet Bridge introduces odd animals that have appeared in Vietnam.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) wrapped up its annual forum attended by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) ministers in Big Sky, Montana on Saturday with consorted commitment for resolving the major barriers

HCMC seeks funds for ringroad project; Taiwanese electronic firms survey Vietnamese market; City golf projects fail to get into the swing of things; PetroVietnam gives gas to oil plans; Banks cash in on forex rates

VietNamNet Bridge - The local currency liquidity squeeze at banks has been relaxed in recent days on falling inter-bank interest rates, but lenders and experts see little chance of interest rates easing off their record highs in the coming months.

3D TVs have become more familiar to Vietnamese consumers for the last several years. However, analysts have every reason to believe that 2011 would be the year of 3D TVs.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of cultural and historical relics in Da Lat will be upgraded for tourism purposes.

At least seven people were killed and 10 others wounded in a car bomb and a suicide bomb attacks near Baghdad on Sunday morning, an Interior Ministry source said.

US$10 billion of investment capital, US$8 billion worth of the output, an average growth rate of 25% over the past 20 years, a large number of orders are factors that bring a bright future for Vietnam’s plastics industry.

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

VietNamNet Bridge – The quiet stock market and the decreasing VN Index have made investors turn their backs to trading floors. A lot of securities companies have to close their branches to cut down expenses.  

Ho Chi Minh City to host Southern Fruit Festival; HCMC concert to feature Vietnamese chamber music; Exhibition features Hanoi’s traditional treasures; Mercedes Fascination Motorshow stops in Hanoi  

VietNamNet Bridge - A 72-year-old man has arrived in Hanoi after walking nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City over a two-month period so he could visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction has just completed a draft circular allowing the use of resident apartment blocks for commercial purposes.