A fire swept through a garment factory outside Moscow on Tuesday, killing at least 14 Vietnamese migrant workers, Russian emergency officials said.

 Vietnam attends ASEAN air chiefs conference; Laos Defence Ministry delegation visits Vietnam; Vietnam, India strengthen defence cooperation; Quang Tri, Laos’ Savanakhet review border work

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and his delegation left the capital city of Astana on September 11, concluding their official state visit to Kazakhstan.

  VietNamNet Bridge - After a week of flooding, the Tay Nguyen dam in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An Province) was broken yesterday, September 11. Hundreds of people had to evacuate.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Singapore from September 12-14 aims to promote relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP)

VietNamNet Bridge – Champions SHB Da Nang won most individual and team titles during the 2011-12 V-League season.  

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption has asked related agencies to make a report of the process to hunt and arrest Duong Chi Dung, former director of the Vietnam Maritime Agency.

Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday it would likely deprive the United States of its triple- A rating if the U.S. Congress fails to reach a long-term debt reduction plan next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists recently found something unique in the northeastern province of Ha Giang: a set of five stone hoes dating back to 4,000 years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a VND3.7 trillion (US$168million) programme to combat HIV/AIDS in the 2012-15 period. 

Rice has been carried out in big quantity across the border gates to Thailand and China these days.

Vietnamese smart phone dealers have been making hectic preparations to import the iPhone 5 right after it hits the market.

Unemployed workers want to register their unemployment at state management agencies just to get unemployment allowances, while they do not intend to attend free apprenticeship courses.

Having good learning capability, enrolled in universities with good marks from the university entrance exams--many students cannot finish school, leaving the lecture halls, wasting some years of their lives, while causing a big waste to the society.

 World oil demand will rise by 0.84 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2012 to 89.09 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – For those after the most stunning view of Danang City by the beautiful Han River, then get your boots and climbing gear on as you will have to head to Linh Ung Bai But Pagoda on Son Tra peninsula. 

 A rapidly worsening water shortage threatens to destabilize the planet and should be a top priority for the UN Security Council and world leaders, a panel of experts said in a report Monday.

Three women sharing a bed; extra beds being arranged along corridors to serve pregnant women; even rich women being unable to rent a service room are what is going on at the Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital in the year of the Dragon.

The abuse of plant protection chemicals in agricultural production has harmed people’s health, while it would cause long term impacts on the living environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has agreed to earmark an additional VND2.5 trillion (US$119 million) to the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies to ensure there are enough funds for loans to poor university students in the upcoming academic year.