Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the HCM City’s Department of Health, spoke to the The Labourer newspaper about plans to establish an independent food safety management agency under the People’s Committee.

  Gazprom, one of Russia’s largest natural gas producers, is keen on further co-operation with Vietnam in gas production and distribution.

 Japan has pledged US$2.5 billion of official development assistance (ODA) funding to support infrastructure modernization and climate change projects in Vietnam as well as human resources, learning and skills development.

 Viet Nam pledges to give a part of its TPP commitments to non-TPP members like Russia, 28 EU member states, and ASEAN ones, said a senior official.

 Hollywood film producer and actor Paul Blackthorne will be in Vietnam from May 19 to June 2 to get involved in a series of activities to protect rhinos.

 Passengers on one of the nation’s busiest cruise vessels at Ha Long Bay on May 6 were mustered at assembly stations after a fire broke out in a mechanical space, completely destroying the vessel.

Nearly 27,700 ".vn" domain names were created in the first three months of this year, increasing the total number of ".vn" domain names to 354,608.

 Four students drowned in the ocean off a beach in Khanh Hoa Province on Wednesday.

 A large, long living gayal-domestic cow hybrid breed has grown well following two years of research, according to the Lam Dong Department of Science and Technology.

 A cyber security solutions contest for public administrative management will take place in Hanoi from September 22-25.

VietNamNet Bridge – A security officer who was in charge of screening luggage at Cam Ranh international airport in Khanh Hoa province admitted that he slapped the back of a Chinese tourist during a chaotic incident at the airport.

 US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Vientiane and Luang Prabang, Laos; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 6 – 12.

 Music superstar Prince's autopsy found the painkiller Percocet in his system, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and KSTP-TV reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the investigation.

Vietnamese movie "Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh" (I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” has won in the Best Feature Film category of the Young People’s Jury Award – part of the annual TIFF Kids International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hue and 45 other cities around the world have been listed in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s We Love Cities, a global social media campaign for sustainability, for voting since April 26.  

 The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday,

VietNamNet Bridge - A public debt clock is a symbol which reminds the government, state agencies and public of the VND29 million worth of public debt now put on the shoulders of every Vietnamese.

 A Brazilian judge on Thursday ratified the settlement Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton (BLT.L) and Vale SA (VALE5.SA), signed with Brazil's government in March to cover damages for a deadly dam spill last year,

In a beautiful serene location nestled on the banks of the Thu Bon River, Hoi An offers tourists a relaxed atmosphere with low, tile-roofed houses and narrow streets. Let’s check out the amazing Hoi An through 360-degree panoramic photos.

The Department of Culture and Sports of HCM City has banned model Ngo Quynh Mai from performances and imposed $1,000 fine for her participation in the Asia's Next Top Model competition without a license.