A duck carcass found in Tai O, Hong Kong, was tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza virus, a spokesman for the city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on Monday.

Working through the large volume of troubled commercial real estate (CRE) loans will take several years, although the U.S. CRE market and credit conditions has leveled off and there are some early signs of price stabilization . . .

Japan's foreign exchange reserves declined 0.3 percent in January as rising interest rates in Europe and the U.S. reduced the value of bonds held by the Japanese government, the Finance Ministry said Monday.

Egyptian security and customs authorities began to scan all foreign diplomatic pouches that arrive in Egypt in precautionary measures to prevent the entry of any questionable objects, state news agency MENA reported on Monday.

A 1,000-year-old building is believed to have been destroyed in a fire at a Buddhist temple in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, Monday.

A Vietnamese scientist has found a cure for the southern rice black streak dwarf virus (SRBSDV) transmitted by the white back plant hopper (WBPH) and causing havoc to rice crops in northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are people from foreign lands in the central highland province of Lam Dong who are seriously involved in farming as a profession.

The WTO membership brings big advantages to Vietnam, including the exports increases and higher foreign investment. However, for many industries it also means big difficulties.

Every time when the consumer price index CPI increased, policy makers hastily concluded this was the high inflation and hurriedly tightened the monetary policies and raised interest rates.

VietNamNet Bridge - The millennium-old northern folk music genre of Ca tru is making a comeback after decades of neglect, with more and more young girls training to become dao nuong, or professional singers.

Being obsessed by Vietnamese disadvantaged children, a professor of history from the US has devoted her assets and her life to provide vocational training to disabled childrenand to help heart patients in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes to earn $4 billion this year from wooden furniture exports. However, producers are worried stiff because the input material prices keep increasing.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese soccer players have discovered facebook as an interesting means of keeping in touch with fans. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Three central provinces are planning to set up a joint representative office in Japan as part of a program to attract tourists from there.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Do Nhat Hoang spoke to Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper about disbursement of foreign direct investments.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overweight and obesity rates have increased steadily among adolescents in HCM City, and require swift intervention to change dietary intake, physical activities, sedentary behaviour, and lifestyle habits, a study has found.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though the Vietnamese music industry has not been very successful this last year it has still managed to stay in the news with public performances and competitions and plenty of celebrity scandals.

Government bonds to be allocated before mid February; Forestry programmes promote sustainability by market incentives; Year-end discounts spark fashion shopping frenzy; Dinh Vu IZ welcomes first 2011 investment

Dr Nguyen Van Khai, known in Vietnam as the “Ozone man” lives in a 70 square meter house in a densely populated quarter of Hanoi, where he grows vegetables and raises fowl. He believes that he is one of the richest man on the planet.

On December 30, the Government issued Decree No 119/2010/ND-CP amending Decree 105/2006/ND-CP of September 22, 2006, guiding implementation of a number of articles in the Law on Intellectual Property.