Nanotechnology applications offer fresh hope for beleaguered shrimp farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces, experts said at workshops held in Ben Tre Province on Wednesday and in Bac Lieu Province on Friday.

High school students have finished the high school finals and now prepare for the university entrance exams to be held in early July. It’s now the turn for students to run a race for state owned high schools.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, Pham Nhi's family used a firewood stove to cook simple meals of rice, chicken, fish and vegetables from their farm. Today, the family makes a living by recreating the process for tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the harvesting season, the terraced fields in the northeast of Viet Nam produce charming scenery that leaves a vivid imprint in every visitor's memory.

Suicide attempts motivated by internal factors, such as hopelessness and unbearable pain, were performed with the greatest desire to die, according to a new Canadian study that digs deep into suicide motivations.

Vietnamese enterprises are staggering, but the Electricity of Vietnam is following up with another blow: the electricity price would be raised by 7 percent in the time to come.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A French contemporary performance by the Chabatz d’Entrar circus troupe will be held at the Ben Thanh Theatre as part of the 2013 Vietnam – France Year on June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fig tree, called a “nature’s masterpiece” has been existing for thousands of years in Nghe An province, because the local residents have been wholeheartedly protecting it.

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city of Vietnam is considered to be a live music lover’s paradise, and the most difficult thing is deciding which gig to go to. Let’s discover this live music world from the perspective of a foreigner.

 Official calls for critical amendment to business law; Banks reluctant over bad-debt settlement plan; Hoa Binh province works to lure Indian businesses; Mekong Delta targets GDP growth of 12 percent

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two ships of the French Navy will visit southern Vietnam from June 18 to 21, according to the French consulate general in HCM City.

 Travel agency launches new river tours; Press seek S Korea travel tips; Cham Island hosts 31,000 visitors; Bach Ma Park woos trekkers

From June 28 to July 3, tourists to Da Nang will have the opportunity to experience many interesting activities such as non-motorized paragliding, art football, coracle shaking in the sea, quick eating and quick drinking, etc.

VietNamNet Bridge – Water absorbtion may have weakened the 40 metre length of dam wall that collapsed in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Monday,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 5th International Documentary Film Festival is being held in Hanoi from June 5-14.

The police of My Tho City on June 8 caught Judge Pham Hoai Nam of the People's Court of My Tho City and a woman named Tran Ngoc Dieu, 22, in the act of using drugs at a hotel.

A whale of more than 2m long, nearly 200kg in weight was stranded on the beach of Thach Bi 2 village, in front of the whale temple in Duc Pho district of Quang Ngai province in the afternoon of June 13.

 Contents of the project to simplify administrative procedures, citizenship papers and databases related to population management during 2013-2020 was announced at a press conference in Hanoi on June 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thuy Tien and 10 other students from developing countries have received the World Deaf Leadership (WDL) Scholarship from the US Gallaudet University.

The International Day of Happiness was organized by the United Nations for the first time on March 20, 2013. Responding to this meaningful program, Vietnam will have its first "Day of Happiness" on March 20, 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – 11-year-old player Nguyen Anh Khoi has shocked the Southeast Asia (SEA) Open Chess Championships being unbeaten in all nine matches of the U16 standard chess to bag a gold medal on June 13.

The environmental police force of Hai Duong seized over two tons of fresh octopuses for lacking quarantine certificates. Not being preserved in the right way, the octopuses decomposed. The police had to pay $33,000 compensation.

Iran chooses a new president Friday in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Admitting that overcharging is now a big problem of Vietnam tourism, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh promised to take measures to curb this problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen strange stone bars in various shapes and colors have been found in Tuy An district of Phu Yen province. They are believed to be part of a dan da (lithophone).