Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has said that the Government of Vietnam will direct relevant ministries, agencies and localities to speed up the implementation and disbursement of Official Development Assistance funded projects

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists and culture managers discussed a master plan for Dong Van Geopark at a workshop in Quan Ba District last week.

 The 13th National Assembly on Friday wrapped up its 5th working session which featured the first-ever vote of confidence on top officials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A film about the daily lives of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in Ho Chi Minh City has won the top prize for documentaries at the New York City International Film Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC), which is considered the ‘Ambassador of Harmony’ from the city of Boston in the USA, will perform for free in Hanoi on June 29 and in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of people living along the Nha Be River, Ho Chi Minh City had to evacuate from their houses at midnight on June 23 when seven houses suddenly fell into the river.

VietNamNet Bridge – Causing no harm to people, storm Bebinca damaged Hai Phong’s two famous tourist sites of Do Son and Cat Ba, the city dike system and caused serious flooding in the city center.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's hotel sector is showing encouraging signs of progress in awareness and management of the environment as well as quality standards, according to an annual report released by Grant Thornton Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - After returning to his home to mourn for his father, Japanese football expert Kazuyoshi Tanabe has asked the Vietnam Professional Football JSC’s permission (VPF) to stay in Japan for medical treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once ardent fans who collected decals of their favourite pop stars, members of the 365 band have stormed the nation's music scene over the last year and built a devoted following for themselves.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese U14 female squad has been crowned the 2013 Asian Football Championship for Southeast Asian region after thrashing Cambodia 7-0 in its last match in Ho Chi Minh City on June 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – 2010 world youth champion Thach Kim Tuan has bagged three silver medals in the men's 56kg weight category at the ongoing 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Vietnam got off to a flying start at the ongoing 2013 Asian Youth Chess Championships in Sari, Mazandaran, Iran, with Le Tuan Minh and Tran Tuan Minh each winning a gold medal in the boys’ U-18 and U-16 rapid categories, respectively.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Nai drew 1-1 against hosts Ninh Binh to move to seventh place in the V-League's 13th round.

 Nearly 49,000 people in Thailand have been infected with dengue virus, 59 of whom died, Thai National News Bureau reported Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese technology – Cell Alive System is expected to be used massively in Vietnam in preserving the country’s tropical fresh farm produce and seafood in an environmental-friendly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since the start of June, the Vietnamese dong has been falling against the US dollar after a long time of stability.

VietNamNet Bridge – Portfolio restructuring of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continued to have negative impacts on the Vietnamese stock market last week, as shares plunged steeply on both national stock exchanges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the gap between domestic and global gold prices continues to widen, there is no letup in the demand for bullion.

VietNamNet Bridge – resident Truong Tan Sang’s newly-concluded visit to China is of crucial importance in reaffirming the Vietnamese Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of relations,

The State would gather the strength on key maritime projects to serve the sea-borne economy development strategy, according to Nguyen Nhat, Head of the Vietnam Maritime Bureau.

 At least 5,000 people have been killed by flash flood in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last week, said a government official on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has had universities 1.0 and it needs to build universities 2.0 with digitalized systems of documentation, students, teachers and the classrooms becoming cinemas.

 Additional flights will increase tourism in Mekong Delta; My Son Sanctuary to display G tower; Spiritual park inaugurated in HCM City; South Korea targets Vietnam as potential tourism customer

 The introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) in 2006 has reduced the prevalence of the cancer-causing virus among U.S. teenage girls by 56 percent,