U.S. stocks fell on Thursday on weak economic data and commodities prices plunge.

HCM City hotels add 1,300 rooms, receive 900,000 visitors in Q1; Thua Thien-Hue Province to host national tourism year 2012; Travel expo to promote tourism among four regional countries

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will supply 100 per cent of end-product methadone, a medicine used for drug addiction and HIV treatment to meet demand of more than 15,000 patients in 11 provinces and cities by 2012,

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will head a Vietnamese delegation set to attend the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 7-8 in response to a formal invitation from the Indonesian President,

U.S. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero on Thursday in memory of the 9/11 victims, four days after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

VietNamNet Bridge - With gold trading getting quiet, savings only good in long terms and bearish stock market, the property market remains a safe haven during the current difficult time, said economists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Paintings of Ha Noi and its people by three Thai artists are on display in Ha Noi to celebrate 35 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Thailand.

Wife of Osama bin Laden has told investigators that the al-Qaida leader had been living in Abbottabad, for five years, senior Pakistani army officials told a group of reporters on Thursday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday instructed the agriculture and energy ministries to solve the problem of gasoline shortages in the country to ensure the start of spring cultivation, local media reported.

Designers roll out the finery; Discovering world music with Sophia Charai; Asia Foundation helps train Vietnam’s librarians; Nguyen Minh Nhu Anh crowned Miss Soc Trang 2011

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Wednesday that its Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission has confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity,

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 500 delegates participated at the National Press Conference in the capital city yesterday, May 5, to review last year's performance and launch the implementation of this year's plans.

After a lot of delays, the project on Lotus Hotel will be kicked off soon. The hotel is expected to have the height of 400 meters and become the tallest building in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A leader from Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has been delighted with increasing legislative ties with Viet Nam and the two countries' strategic partnership.

The Europe Days 2011 programme will open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on May 6, with a series of diverse intellectual and cultural activities.

No formalin has been found in the milk powder imported from S. Korea into China due to different milk sources, the general agency of South Korea's Maeil Dairies said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Consumer goods producers have voiced their concern about the material shortage, because they cannot compete with Chinese businessmen in collecting scrap metals.

British voters went to the polls on Thursday to decide whether they want to replace the first-past-the-post system with an alternative vote.

The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases at a Japanese barbecue restaurant chain has risen to four after a woman died Thursday, local media reported.

Income from securities could get tax waiver; Vietnam’s footwear exports up 26.4 pct; Solo helicopter tours for Da Nang;  Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon; Environment fund says soft loans await enterprises