Dak Mek 3 Hydropower Plant dam in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum that was partially destroyed after being hit by a truck had not been built in accordance with quality standards and the approved design,

 A powerful international bank lobby warned Thursday that the outcome of Greece's looming debt buyback program remains uncertain and warned that it must be "purely voluntary."

Vietnamese people are always respectful of their parents. Therefore, when their parents and grandparents pass away, we always do everything possible to ensure that the dead will have a good life in the other world.

The Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department under the General Department of Viet Nam Customs has found firm evidence to prosecute the Viet Nam Air Petrol Company (Vinapco) for tax evasion involving billions of Vietnamese dong.

A book Doi Mat Voi B52 (Facing the B-52s) revealing the memories of historical witnesses to the "Dien Bien Phu in the Air" Campaign against the US B-52 air blitz on Ha Noi in 1972 will be released here next Tuesday.  

The 2013 Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative Programme (VACI) was launched in Hanoi on November 29 to support ideas aiming at mitigating corruption and increasing transparency and responsibility for a better living environment.

 The United States and Israel downplayed Thursday the Palestinians' new upgraded status at the UN, saying it changed nothing in actual practice and even made peace with the Jewish state a remoter prospect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have their work cut out in Group A if they are to qualify for the semi-final of the AFF Suzuki Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge – Printing the U-shaped line on the passport is a provocation; the Chinese will be isolated. The Chinese Government should withdraw the new passport," said Professor Carl Thayer.

  New SADC Group boosts Vietnam-Africa cooperation; Tehran offers assistance to Hanoi; Vietnam, Italy promote academic exchange; Vietnamese officials attend Malaysia’s party congress

Ha Noi will celebrate a night of head-to-toe fashion tonight in a show entitled Mix & Match, featuring collections by designers from ADesigner Ha Noi and the Viet Nam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

VietNamNet Bridge – The historical and martial art film directed by Victor Vu won the prize of the jury for feature films at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival.

It is now a growing tendency for people to follow further studies to obtain master degrees and doctorates. However, the majority of them follow higher education just for job promotion, not for scientific research.

VietNamNet Bridge – At 1.30pm on November 29, more than 200 police officers stormed a motel in Dinh Bang Ward, Tu Son Town, Bac Ninh Province. They caught more than 100 gamblers in the act and seized several billion dong.

Dang Le Nguyen Vu, the owner of the Vietnamese well- known Trung Nguyen coffee brand, who has been called the Vietnamese “coffee King” has triggered a public quarrel when he publicly made derogative remarks about Starbucks’ coffee.

Under the mask of free services, mobile phone applications have been trying to pick the Vietnamese users’ pocket through different ways that users do not know.

 British Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he would reject a senior judge's recommendations for new laws to control the country's press despite the publication of a damning report.

VietNamNet Bridge – They are the Vietnamese people who have set themselves up in business, settled overseas and become millionaires.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called for continual efforts to rein in inflation, maintain a stable macro-economy, safeguard social welfare and accelerate production in the remaining months of this year

The government has decided that E5 biofuels use would be compulsory throughout the country by December 1, 2015. Meanwhile, from December 1, 2014, biofuels must be used by road vehicles in seven provinces and cities.

The central province of Quang Nam has great potential in history, tradition, culture and environment, as well as two UNESCO-recognised world heritage sites and the world biosphere reserve of the Cham Islands, to promote sustainable tourism,

VietNamNet Bridge - Happy days of cohabitation end very quickly, leaving the consequences on female workers.

While the capital flow to investment channels has got stuck in the economic downturn, billions of dollars worth of capital still have been poured into casino projects.

South Korea pushes for trade deal; Cashew producers to halt exports if decree approved; Ha Noi industrial index rises 5.1% in 11 months; PM requests that EVN withdraw from non-core businesses; HCM City aims at GDP growth of 9.5-10% in 2013

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged lawmakers in the Congress to find common ground and avoid the looming "fiscal cliff," saying he was hopeful that Democrats and Republicans could ink a fiscal deal before Christmas.