HCM City now has nearly 800 waste recycling businesses but many of them are small and use outdated technology, causing serious environmental pollution, according to the HCMC Waste Recycling Fund (Refu).

The construction of an underground car park at Le Van Tam Park was still lying idle half a year since the ground-breaking ceremony and nearly two years since the project owner was awarded the license from the city government.

VietNamNet Bridge - A not-so-bright future stares at the sport of badminton in Viet Nam after Nguyen Tien Minh's unexpected early exit from the Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 last week.

The first official biography on Apple CEO Steve Jobs written with his full cooperation will be published in early 2012, a U.S. publisher said on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The tightened monetary measures initiated by the government is yet to show results as far as the primary target – reining in inflation – is concerned.

Japan's nuclear safety agency announced on Tuesday that it has raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5.

Local and international musicians will perform in a unique electronic music festival in Hanoi on April 15-16. Initiated by Vietnamese DJ Tri Minh, the Hanoi Sound Stuff is the only local music festival to showcase electronic and experimental music.

Many children in the U.S. live in poverty and their physical and mental health is not ensured as nearly one in four children struggles with hunger, according to a report on the U.S. human rights record released by China on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - A hip-hop dance contest titled Start Dancing, Stop AIDS has kicked off and is open to all high schools students in Ha Noi and HCM City.

Highly radioactive water filling an underground trench at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are expected on Sunday to be moved to a nearby storage inside the No. 2 reactor turbine building, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since Vietnam Airlines still has to wait for opinions from four foreign aircraft engine manufacturers, the national flag air carrier still cannot use the air petrol made by Dung Quat Oil Refinery.

Eleven people were killed and 126 were wounded in a blast that struck a metro station in the Belarussian capital Minsk.The authorities said the blast is suspected to be a terrorist act.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that military action alone won't solve the crisis in Libya.

Three Taiwanese tourists killed in bus crash; Slashers of Tay Ninh schoolgirls indicted; Ministry rejects rumour on high radioactive level;  Father beats 10 year-old son unconscious

The management board of the HCM City National University's student dormitory complex has petitioned the People's Committee to quickly resolve the funding problem faced by the project so that the dormitory can be completed at the end of this year.

State Bank to increase compulsory reserve ratio on foreign currency; Vietnam needs to reduce dollar’s use in economy, ADB aide says; PVN reschedules many projects in Q1; VNPost offices to distribute Air Mekong e-tickets   

Forty-two people were arrested in the turmoil on central Cairo's Tahrir square early Saturday, among them eight people wearing army uniforms and three foreigners, Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces said at a press conference.

ACB move out of bottom after trouncing Long An 3-1;  Vietnam’s national cycling team prepares for 26th SEA Games;  National Women’s Football Championship 2011 opens;  Vietnamese Grandmaster takes third at Telin event

VietNamNet Bridge – Priced from VND15-90 million dong ($700-$4,500) per night, presidential suites at international hotels in Vietnam are always fully booked.

German journalist with sentiments towards VN; Vietnamese community in Ivory Coast still safe; MARD, USAID sign MOI to help arrest spread of disease; US soldiers' remains repatriated