A lot of schools have been trying to upgrade their facilities and teaching quality to be recognized as national standard schools. However, their efforts have been in vain because of the overly high numbers of students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health will continue to carry out inspections on the use of foreign doctors at private health clinics and illegal touts outside hospitals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission has submitted to the government the plan on raising the ceiling foreign ownership ratio, which aims to encourage the transactions on the stock market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training (DoET) has stated that public schools in the city can not collect any other fees besides ones that are clearly regulated, in a bid to put an end to overcharging.

 The death toll from the recent two devastating storms in Mexico has jumped to 130, after more bodies were found from a landslide, authorities said Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged Viet Nam to beef up administrative efforts to manage over 90 non-native species posing threats to the national ecosystem and biodiversity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A selection of films by well-known directors as well as surprising successes by young filmmakers that gained attention at other international film festivals will be shown at the German Film Festival in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises gave a strong boost to the country’s hardware industry last year,

 At least 93 people were killed and over 200 others injured as an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude jolted Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon, according to officials and media reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attached great importance to its defence co-operation with France as the two countries had made important developments in exchanging delegations, military training, army medicine and the defence industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 186-year-old astronomy station in the former royal citadel of Hue has been rebuilt for tourists visiting the central city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous chef Tamara Rodriguez from Venezuela will showcase her cooking talents during an event dedicating to Venezuelan cuisine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists coming to the northern province of Thanh Hoa are in for a real treat as there are so many interesting and historical hotspots for them to check out.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists recently announced the discovery of a new species of bullfrogs in Indochina. In Vietnam, this species is distributed in Gia Lai and Dong Nai provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Ngai plans to build a history museum showcasing artefacts and documents about the country's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

VinaCapital has failed to find a partner for jointly developing a $4 billion casino integrated resort project in central province of Quang Nam, overshooting their own deadline to secure a partner in the third quarter of this year.

Mid-day naps may help preschool children improve their learning efficiency, U.S. researchers said Monday.

Most tourists only know about the terrace fields in the Northwest region of Vietnam but this place is also famous for its four large rice fields. Topping the list is the Muong Thanh field with an area of over 140 km2, in Dien Bien province.

According to the World Bank Poverty Assessment 2012 report based on new standards, the poverty rate in Vietnam has fallen from 58 percent to 20.7 percent in the past twenty years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Non-performing loans totalled VND138.98 trillion (US$6 billion) by the end of July, accounting for 4.58 per cent of commercial banks' total loans, according to the latest data from the State Bank of Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three new records have been set at the National Star Marksmen Tournament in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Why are the Vietnamese debts so attractive to foreigners? The answer is that 70 percent of the debts have been mortgaged by real estate products.

 A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers have agreed to issue the Law on Public Investment to improve the efficiency of public investment in line with the country's socio-economic development plan, while also meeting the demand for economic restructuring.

 Laos honours VN repatriation mission; Prime Minister Dung arrives in France; Viet Nam elected chair of IAEA Board; Vietnam- a UN proactive and responsible member