Deputy PM eases voter concerns

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stressed that all resources and efforts would be made to ensure operation of Song Tranh 2-Hydropower plant would not affect nearby residents' lives.

Smugglers use floods to escape detection

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cross-border smugglers operating on boats have taken advantage of floods in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to transport goods over the Cambodian border.

Thousands of German children sickened by suspected virus

 Thousands of school children in Germany suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea over the past few days, which were thought to be triggered by contaminated food in schools.

Bottomless lakes in Phong Nha

Two lakes of "great mystery" are located about 500 meters from each other in the Phong Nha Cave. Experts could not reach the bottom of the lakes, although they used modern diving equipment and wires to measure their depth. 

Building a strong Vietnamese community abroad

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is necessary to build a strong, united and prosperous overseas Vietnamese community that integrates well into their resident countries and actively contributes to Vietnam’s national construction and development.

MasterChef comes to Vietnam

  VietNamNet Bridge – The renowned reality television show for culinary enthusiasts has been in Vietnam.

Gunner Hoang Xuan Vinh jumps on the Asian rankings

VietNamNet Bridge - After the success at the 2012 Olympics, gunner Hoang Xuan Vinh currently rank No. 6 on the Asian rankings. 

Happy Gilmore finishes first

VietNamNet Bridge – Canada's Todd Gilmore was the first man to touch the finish line in the 2012 GoPro Hero Da Nang Triathlon at My Khe Beach – beating off tough rivals during the 40km bike and 10km marathon.

Vietnam's population is aging rapidly

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of elderly people is growing faster than any other population groups so the aging index also increases rapidly. Currently, 39 percent of the elderly in Vietnam are still working.

Wedding feast of Hanoi officials not allowed having over 50 tables

VietNamNet Bridge - According to the draft directive of the Hanoi Party Committee, officials and party members are only permitted to invite less than 300 guests, equivalent to 50 tables, to their wedding parties.

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 NA Chairman to attend ASEP 7; Top lawmaker to attend regional meeting in Laos; Leaders extend congratulations on China’s National Day; ASEAN backs Vietnam’s candidacy for Human Rights Council

Quang Nam: Hundreds of people live in tents due to earthquakes

VietNamNet Bridge – Earthquakes have made hundreds of resettlement houses of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in Bac Tra My district (Quang Nam province) be cracked and damaged. People have to pitch tents to avoid hazard.

Economists say Vietnam’s economy still insecure, getting worse

VietNamNet Bridge – The risks in the banking system have been increasing, the investors’ confidence has been decreasing. These factors show that Vietnam’s economy is still in insecurity.

Viet Nam, China discuss sea area off Tonkin Gulf at negotiations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts from Viet Nam and China discussed the sea area off the Tonkin Gulf during the second expert-level negotiations round in Beijing last week.

Climbing up 72-story building in 10 minutes

VietNamNet Bridge - In 10 minutes, 6 seconds, Omar Bekkali (Belgian) climbed from the lobby up to the 72nd floor of the tallest building in Vietnam, the Kaengnam Landmark Tower, in Hanoi on September 30.

Dead rare crocodile floats in Phu Yen’s lake

  VietNamNet Bridge – The body of an endangered Siamese crocodile is now kept at the office of the Ea Lam Commune People’s Committee, in Song Hinh district, the central province of Phu Yen.

“Dotty Sanh” invented automatic onion slicer

The machine is simple, cheap and especially, it can undertake the works of hundreds of workers.

Schoolgirls spend a lot of money on clothes and beauty salon

Schoolgirls from well-off families nowadays believe that they have to go to school on luxurious motorbikes and in expensive clothes to show up their upper class.

Salad vendor earns a million dong each night

VietNamNet Bridge – At 4pm every day, the old man with white hair, short figure, wearing glasses, drives his bike along the Hanoi Old Quarter. In his hands is a big scissors that make crackling.

Vietnamese big guys quit foreign bourses, give up the games

A series of Vietnamese leading companies hurried to draw up the plans to seek international capital by listing their securities on foreign bourses. However, this turns out to be not easy like a knife through butter as they initially thought.

Tracing carcinogen at Thach Khe iron mine

After VietNamNet published stories about the people around the Thach Khe iron mine, who are living in panic, because there are so many people dying of cancer, the authorities have collected water samples for testing.

Gimme kills shrimp, fish and human

The insecticides with high toxicity have been used by many farmers to catch shrimp, fish and wildlife. By doing this, they have been destroying their living environment themselves--thus harming their health.

Investors snub Vietnam telecom market

  Foreign investors are showing little interest in the telecom market of Vietnam as it is said to have been saturated.

Capital flows in, out and around, banks rolls over, lending to each other

The finance reports of the banks show that the amount of capital pumped into the national economy yields to the capital in the transactions on the interbank market and the capital injected in other financial investments.

Weather in South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City is very bad

In those days, heavy rains appeared in the southern region and Ho Chi Minh City, causing flooding in some areas. Looking ahead, the weather will continue to deteriorate, due to the impact of the storm No. 7 or Gaemi in the East Sea.