"After being shot, and perhaps will still be shot, what is your future plan?" "I will fix the boat and continue fishing in the old places. If we meet Chinese vessels and are driven away, we will run and then return...," said a fisherman.

Experts believe the 2004 Animal Health Ordinance is no longer suitable to cope with the rapid increase in livestock- and poultry-to-human diseases, and thus call for a law on animal health for better prevention and control of diseases.

 Planned oil refinery capacity increased; Central bank eyes gold sale to stabilise market; Fruit and vegetable exports drive healthy sector growth; Central region tops FDI attraction list

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Financial Supervisory Committee has suggested a further cut in the deposit interest-rate cap to 7 per cent to bring down lending rates to around 10 per cent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Do Gallery is hosting an exhibition on artworks of the late Vietnamese artist Choe, giving a chance for local art lovers to admire two collections which are on display in Vietnam for the first time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young wild elephant has been caught in a poacher's trap in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for three days, despite efforts by relevant authorities to free him.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Film Festival 2013 will take place in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City on May 15-26.

Midwives required the parents to purchase plastic bags, paper and clothes to wrap the newborn baby for burial. When the parents took the baby home, they discovered that the baby was alive but she died later.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Rain started at 2pm on May 8. It got stronger at 3pm and lasted until 4.30pm. During the rain, an intense tornado swept away the roofs of dozens of houses and hit a lot of trees.

 Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.

Some 15 tons of gold has been sold by the State Bank of Vietnam through bidding. It is estimated that VND15 trillion has been taken back from the gold sale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam on Monday began test run and transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) since IPv4 addresses were already exhausted two years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only affecting their job performance, alcohol is also the reason that leads many officials and public servants to behaviors that cause serious consequences.

 For the first time in over 26 years, Manchester United fans are preparing to adjust to the sight of a new figure settling into the manager's seat in the dug-out at Old Trafford.

Entertainment firecrackers – the product that creates lighting and sound effects but no explosion is considering by the authorities for popular use during the Lunar New Year 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The UN recently called for humans to eat insects as a way to combat hunger, but in Vietnam, insects have been processed into strange cuisines for a long time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three more cases of the A/H1N1 virus were reported in the northern province of Lao Cai on May 7, bringing the total number of infections recorded in the province to nine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Athlete Do Thi Thao yesterday, May 8, pocketed her second silver at the Asian Grand Prix Series second leg in Chonburi, Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh met with his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the seventh ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese labourers staying in foreign countries beyond the expiry of their labour contracts may be fined up to VND100 million (US$4,800).

It’s still too early to say Aneuser-Busch Inbev (AB Inbev) would be a big threat to the existing brewery manufacturers in Vietnam. Three big guys in the field once had to leave the Vietnamese market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Aside from their duties protecting Viet Nam's borders and nearby inhabitants, soldiers at A Pa Chai border station have acquired another role: leading tourists on trips to the country's furthest outpost.

Collecting elephant tusks is now in fashion among the rich men who believe that the tusks can show the upper class of their owners.

The increasingly high unemployment rate has been attributed to the low quality, un-programed and uncontrolled training.

A lot of luxurious villas worth millions of dollars in Hanoi, which have been left deserted, have reluctantly become the places for street noodle shops or car cleaning workshops.