VietNamNet Bridge – The mountains and forests of the Central Highlands will come into sharp focus at the year-long National Tourism Year 2014 event, organisers said last Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two universities that were set up under a plan to build international standardised education institutions still have to temporarily rent infrastructure, an inspection has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile operators in Viet Nam are in danger of losing millions of dollars each year due to the increasing use of "over the top" phone services through smartphone apps and others, analysts have warned.

 The idealists who founded some of the most successful technology companies now find themselves entangled in controversy over the vast US government surveillance program denounced as Orwellian.

VietNamNet Bridge – When local people benefited from heritage, they would be more willing to protect it, a workshop on Saturday in Ha Noi was told.

VietNamNet Bridge – A quick inspection just launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shows software copyright violations at many companies and computer stores are still prevalent, a ministry official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi needs a total of 1.35 trillion VND (64 million USD) to deal with environmental pollution in its trade villages from now to 2030, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

 State sets new lending rates for VND loans; MoF may increase export tax on woodchips; Investors snap up Government bonds; VN's richest men increase asset value; Fishery firm ups profit by 31 times

 VietNamNet Bridge – American jazz diva Diane Witherspoon will be performing from now until the end of July at LeClub of the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have scrapped nearly 100 projects on around 1,500ha because of delays, which have left owners of those lands in limbo for years in some cases.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A car from Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, carrying more than 20 tourists, turned over on Highway 8A in Khamkot District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos at 8.30am on June 11.

 Reducing the number of unnecessary and high-dose computed tomography in children could lower their overall lifetime risk of future imaging-related cancers by up to 62 percent, a U.S. study said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Discovering two dog thieves in the village, thousands of people blocked the road to catch the thieves. They beat a thief to death and burnt their motorcycle.

Waves of more than 5m high hit the wreck that contains 500-year-old antiques in the waters of Binh Chau in the central province of Quang Ngai this morning, June 11. The excavation was suspended for the safety of dozens of professionals and workers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A joint art exhibition by a veteran Vietnamese painter and Thai diplomat was launched at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts on the weekend to promote Thai-Vietnamese friendship.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An's lucrative tourism sector is facing major fears about the impact of erosion along the ancient town's famous coastline, with dozens of resorts in danger of disappearing underwater in the future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Short film The Call by the Colorista group won Best Movie in Take 5, an annual competition for filmmakers living in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Novuie Izvestia, a Russian newspaper, compared the world blitz chess champion Le Quang Liem with a “Spartan warrior” to praise the Vietnamese chess player’s strong will.

VietNamNet Bridge – The use of atomic energy has potential risks so the Prime Minister has approved the project on information and communications for the development of nuclear power.

 More provinces to offer free wifi for tourists; HCM City appoints young volunteers to assist foreign tourists; The unique Bac Ha plateau horse race; Ha Long Bay to get clean public toilets

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese monetary policy always aims at many different targets, which, in some cases, are contradictory. As a result, the policy cannot bring the desired effects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Damages caused by computer viruses remain high in Vietnam, with the total damages worth an estimated VND8 trillion recorded in the last one year, a report of Bkav announced on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A contest to find the best logo and slogan advertising Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has just been launched till the end of this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem outclassed most of his leading players at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Russia on June 10, securing top place for the first time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reasoning that he had been summoned by his club in France, Michel Le quit his apprentice period at the U23 Vietnam football team after less than a week.