The pro-bailout conservative New Democracy party beat the anti-bailout leftist Syriza party in Greece's crucial election on Sunday, but forming a coalition government as desired by the winning party won't come easy.

VietNamNet Bridge – A tropical low pressure system over the East Sea had the potential to develop into a storm, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said yesterday, June 17.

One of two foreign-language schools that were sued by Tri Viet Publishing House in HCM City last year for pirating its TOEFL and TOEIC textbooks has issued a formal apology and paid compensation of VND380 million to the publishing company.

VietNamNet Bridge - Internationally recognized American street painter, Tracy Lee Stum, has completed a 3D painting called Snow Lotus, which is open to public on June 16-17 at Youth Cultural House, 4 Pham Ngoc Thach, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the sea off the east coast of Honshu Japan at 4:32 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

Vietnam has been rated as the second happiest nation in the world thanks to its citizens’ high level of life satisfaction, high life expectancy, and environmental sustainability.

Ninety-one Vietnamese athletes have begun fierce competitions against rivals from more than 40 countries and territories at the third Asian Beach Games, which opened in Hai Yang city, China, on June 16.

VietNamNet Bridge - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on June 16 officially recognized Vietnam’s Ho Dynasty Citadel as the World Cultural Heritage.

Writing compositions proves to be a very easy work for Vietnamese students, because they just need learn the sample essays by heart and then write down what they can remember on the exam papers.

Suffering from the terrible smell coming out from the newly set up manhole covers within the frame of the waste water treatment project, hundreds of households in Lang Co town in Thua Thien – Hue province have to seal the manholes with cement.

A new wave of foreign investments in spinning, weaving and dyeing sectors has been kicked off, since investors can see the profits they can gain from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).

VietNamnet Bridge - Built in the early 20th century by the French, Debay wine cellar in Ba Na resort, in the central city of Da Nang has a unique architectural style in Vietnam. It has become a tourist destination.

Vietnamese Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software providers have been meeting big difficulties when developing the domestic market.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to better protect people with mental health conditions, as the Geneva-based organization launched a tool kit to assess and stop violations to their rights and dignity.

Viet Nam has 16 million 3G (third generation mobile telecommunications) subscribers benefiting from wide-area wireless voice messages, mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV by the end of May.

Thua Thien-Hue’s biggest hydropower plant in operation; State bank governor approves Habubank and SHB merge; Credit outstanding in 2012 to reach 12-13 percent; Foreign protectionism threatens exports; Banks increase lending

Weekends are the best time for Nguyen Minh Tuan, from Da Nang City, and fellow enthusiasts to go fishing along the Cham Islands, situated close to the ancient town of Hoi An, a favoured tourist destination.

The Double Five Festival (Doan Ngo) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (which falls on June 23 this year) is approaching. This marks the transition from spring to summer, traditionally a time when there is an outbreak of epidemics.

Up to 50% of university lecturers in Vietnam do not have post-graduate degrees.

The seafood industry should soon work with trade authorities to remove raw seafood for processing from the list of goods requiring an automatic import licence, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien has said.

More and more international brands are seeking the way to penetrate the Vietnamese market through franchising contracts. Analysts believe that 2012 would be another bustling year for franchising deals.

Two ports in HCM City that cost VND765 billion (US$36.6 million) to build have been unused for several years because they lack key access roads.

The telecom market will be knocked into shape if a sound telecom services rate calculation method is in place.

Revolutionary poet To Huu was born on October 4, 1920 in the imperial capital city of Hue as Nguyen Kim Thanh. Despite being poor, his family was quite artistic.

China on Saturday sent three astronauts, including its first female astronaut Liu Yang, into space for the nation's manned space docking mission.