Improving macroeconomic fundamentals, including the return to single-digit inflation and an increase of almost 21 per cent y-o-y in retail and services turnover, have finally seen residential buyers beginning to explore the market for opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in HCM City have been facing health risks due to horrible smells emanating from the Binh Hung wastewater treatment plant - the one with the largest capacity of its kind in Viet Nam.

More than a half of the 3.4 million tons of rice exported in the first six months of the year was high grade five percent broken rice. However, the export prices of the products were at the lowest levels.

VietNamNet Bridge – Do The Tai of southern coastal Vung Tau City promptly pulls out a list showing his university and college preferences when asked about the ongoing university entrance examinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Familiar scenes of the modern urban life have inspired artists who join the group show “Nowadays” at Art Talk Café, 12 Quan Su Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – After catching public attention in Hanoi, Nguyen The Son’s “Houses Facing the Street” exhibition has traveled to Beijing, and then to Hong Kong. Son’s artworks are now on display at the Central Art Institute in Beijing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tuan Dao, a 24-year-old amateur photographer, took the pictures below in his sleepless nights in Hanoi. Let’s see a different Hanoi at night in Tuan Dao’s photos.

Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Spending for medicines accounts for 60 percent of the total medical expenditures. Owing to gaps in management of medicine price and filling prescriptions, medicine expenditure has become a burden for Vietnamese patients.

In the wake of an increasing number of maternity deaths, the Government had asked the Ministry of Health to determine the causes and identify those responsible.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes will face tough competition at the 19th HCM City International Track and Field Championships which starts tomorrow, July 10, as countries in the region are sending their best athletes.

Although shares gained value in the two final sessions of last week, the VN-Index still fell 1.64 per cent over the whole week, concluding Friday's session at 415.55 points, while the HNX-Index dropped 1.97 per cent to close at 69.67 points.

China's Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.2 percent year on year in June, the slowest pace since January 2010, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cultural researchers, academics and historians discussed solutions to restore the traditional silk craft of Quang Nam Province at a seminar in Hoi An City on Saturday.

The unexpected report about the banks’ bad debts to the real estate sector has been released by the National Finance Supervision Council, which shows that the actual bad debts are much higher than the figures announced before by government agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Weightlifters, taekwondo martial artists and gymnasts are Viet Nam's top medal hopes at the upcoming London Olympics.

Competition from Vietnam, China and high local production cost pose serious challenges.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two French engineers on an around-the world trip in an electric car to promote electric mobility are about to depart from Ha Noi.

Warnings have been repeatedly given to the government of Vietnam over the last many years, after scientists realized the harsh impacts of humans on the special-use forests nationwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overloaded central hospitals have been asked to stop illegal brokers assisting patients to jump the queue for examinations and treatment in exchange for cash payments.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 500 inspections for environment violations have been conducted at 2,500 organisations over the first half of the year, resulting in more than VND5 billion (nearly US$239,000) in fines being collected.

VietNamNet Bridge – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit to Vietnam on July 10 and 11, aiming to boost US-Vietnam multifaceted cooperation, says the Foreign Ministry.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Bio-Energy Team from the Ha Noi University of Technology has won the second prize in the ethanol category at the 2012 Asian Shell Eco-Marathon in Kuala Lumpur,

Japan's current account surplus fell 62.6 percent in May from a year earlier to 215.1 billion yen, according to a report released by the government on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Co-operatives should be a part of the national process of industrialisation and modernisation as well as the development of new rural areas, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said