A pair of giant pandas left their home in southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday for a 10-year stay in Japan, under a joint research agreement on the endangered species.

At least 2,000 people have been evacuated to safer grounds following Monday's explosion on Mt. Bulusan in the central Philippine province of Sorsogon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economist Bui Van talks about the way commercial banks, state-owned enterprises and private enterprises shout for help and about the way the State responds to the cries.

Pollution in the Dong Nai river has killed 36 tons of fishes in Thong Nhat Ward of southern Bien Hoa city, the farmers association said in a report sent to authorities Monday.

Two Export Credit Guarantee Programmes run by the US are expected to help Vietnamese importers gain access to capital at preferential interest rates.

A massive 6.3 earthquake hit New Zealand South Island's largest city of Christchurch for the second time in less than six months, causing multiple deaths and widespread destruction.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Quang Ngai Province and Da Nang city in central Vietnam have recently detected and apprehended some teens who sniff chemical glues as a drug.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police have fined nearly 4600 motorbike drivers for not wearing helmets in the past week, and seized more than 1000 motorbikes. Notably, 75 percent of violators are youngsters.

Climate change could prolong toxic algal outbreaks by 2040 or sooner, posing a health threat to humans, a new study suggests.

Vietnam car sales jump 48 pct y/y in Jan: Industry; AirAsia X connects Vietnam with Paris; Tien Giang province withdraws misused beach; Vietnam raises refinance rate 200 bps to 11 pct; Budget carrier offers cheap tickets to Danang

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign direct investment disbursement is expected to rise sharply this year as many foreign investors push big projects in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Chua Ba festival in the southern province of Binh Duong draws millions of visitors in the first lunar month. This is the business season for fake monks.

Explaining the continued gold price increases in mid February 2011, analysts say the gold price in the world has been escalating, while the demand in the domestic market increased sharply after the central bank devaluated the dong by 9.3%.

Tran Du Lich, former Head of the HCM City Economics Institute, emphasized that the priority for 2011 is reducing the total demand in the national economy in order in order to curb the inflation.

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Public Administrative Reform Project (Project 30 in short) has gained three significant achievements, said USAID Representative Francis A.Donovan.

A lot of students in Hanoi applaud the decision to relocate their universities to the suburb areas of the city, while others say they cannot understand why the schools need to move to other places.

VietNamNet Bridge – The dollar price increase has made real estate investors anxious and real estate developers worried sick. Meanwhile, the house prices are predicted to increase sharply in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - An ultimatum has been given to three environmental polluters at southern Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park.

Some readers and an Indian chef have told Tuoi Tre that the variety of rice a reader suspected contained rubber because it seemed strangely elastic is actually basmati, a very popular variety in India and Pakistan.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the warm weather, thousands of visitors flocked to the stadium in Hai Luu commune in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on February 19 to witness the finals of the buffalo fighting festival.