PM meets Japanese and Australian counterparts; Party General Secretary receives Japanese, Australian, and Filipino leaders; Press conference on Vietnam-US cooperation held in Hanoi; Japan seeks comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Tsunamin triggered by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in West Sumatra province of Indonsia has claimed nearly 450 lives, with 96 others still missing, a senior official said here on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - For decades, the two iron doors at the front of Hung Ky pagoda on Hanoi’s Minh Khai street have been wrapped in chains.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance is backing the petroleum price stabilisation fund despite mounting opposite.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hydropower plants in the south and in the Central Highlands are facing some of the worst water shortages in 50 years - and the rainy season is expected to end this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard were warmly received by Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi on October 31.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese and South Korean investors are interested in cooperating with the United States-based AES Corporation to develop the $2.1 billion coal-fired power plant in Quang Ninh province.

At least 18 people are now confirmed dead while 100 others are still missing in a boat tragedy in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Saturday, a senior police official said on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Russia and Vietnam on Sunday signed a deal worth an estimated US$5.6 billion for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant on the occasion of Russia President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thien Duong is Vietnam’s longest cave and filled with magical and mysterious formations, no wonder Quang Binh province hope to entice tourists into the dark.

VietNamNet Bridge - Industrial manufacturers that cause pollution in Ha Noi will be moved from the city's urban and residential areas by 2015, according to a plan from the municipal People's Committee.

Vietnamese Culture Week in Cambodia leaves deep impressions; Violinist Chau Giang returns home for performance; Vietnam strikes gold at major art photo contest; Uncle Ho’s poems translated into Mongolian; HIV/AIDS exhibition to open in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - The Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT) and its subsidiary FPT Telecom will become strategic partners of EVN Telecom.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam had all the conditions for a boom in broadband internet use, network operators agreed at two-day forum on internet telecommunications on Wednesday in the capital city.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a new regulation forbidding commercial banks from lending cash against gold collateral, in a move aimed at easing pressure on the foreign exchange market, as well as lowering risks to the banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge - An agreement on Economic Development Cooperation Fund of the Republic of Korea (EDCF) loans, worth 76 million USD, for three projects in Vietnam was signed in Hanoi on October 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – This is the view of many coaches, who said that football clubs need at least five years to train their young players. Until then, they will still have to buy players at high prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Halloween has gained in popularly in Vietnam in the past several years, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City. Youngsters have been preparing for this event for a week now.

The 17th ASEAN Summit and related summits concluded successfully and yielded outcomes that will serve as a solid foundation for the association to advance further and achieve its set goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Domestic and foreign donors signed an agreement yesterday, committing US$14.8 million for business registration reforms throughout Viet Nam.