The National Police Agency said that last Friday's catastrophic quake and ensuing tsunami have left 3,676 people dead and 7,558 others unaccounted for in Japan by 08:00 a.m. Wednesday (2300 GMT Tuesday).

VietNamNet Bridge – A father and his son in the northern province of Bac Giang can directly touch electric wire without being electrocuted.

VietNamNet Bridge – The earthquake and tsunami in Japan has led to a series of tours to Vietnam having been canceled. Meanwhile, Vietnamese travel firms say no traveler has called to cancel tours to Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Drugs Administration of Viet Nam has instructed health departments nationwide to increase inspections of wholesale medicine prices registered with agency as part of the Health Ministry's measures

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of hectares of winter-spring crops in Dong Nai are facing a serious water shortage as the southern province has been suffering a prolonged drought for two months.

For the third year in a row, the central city of Da Nang has continued its reign as the top performing province in the country's Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) with a score of 69.77.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government had approved a construction plan for the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta until 2020, with a vision to 2050, the Ministry of Construction announced on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The news about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the biggest export market for Vietnam, has made Vietnamese businessmen worried stiff. Seafood exporters fear that their export plan would not be fulfilled.

VietNamNet Bridge – The business community, consumers and Government agencies should work together to create a fair, competitive business climate that acknowledges consumer rights,

VietNamNet Bridge - Phillip Noyce, the director of “Quiet American”, will return to Vietnam to organize “Noyce’s Liveshow in HCM City” this May.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past years an increasing number of international tourists have chosen the central region of Vietnam as a favourite travel destination.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of Korean tourists to Vietnam has increased considerably over the past 10 years, from 53,000 in 2000 to 5 million in 2010, up 230 percent,

VietNamNet Bridge – Asia-Pacific geologists will gather in Ha Noi in July this year to discuss approaches to geopark and geotourism development and co-operation in conservation of nature and heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T Coach Phan Thanh Hung and his players are in high spirits ahead of their game against Victory Sport of the Maldives at home today, March 16.

A fire broke out again early Wednesday at the troubled No. 4 reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 3.5-ha golf driving range will officially open at My Dinh Sports Complex in the capital on April 30.

The Indian government has ordered food originating from Japan to be tested for radiation in the wake of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake-tsunami last Friday, reported local media Wednesday.

The European Union (EU) would conduct "stress tests" on its member states' nuclear power plants in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, the bloc's energy chief Guenther Oettinger said here on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Snow appeared in Sapa town, a famous tourist attraction in the northern province of Lao Cai, in the morning of March 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wendy Conway Lamb swirls across the room with light and graceful steps and sings I Could Have Danced All Night, but then she stops and laughs and starts again because she is not sure of the choreography yet.