VietNamNet Bridge – Child abuse takes place in not only remote areas, where the living standard and intellectual standards are low, but also in big cities.

Local authorities are programming refresher courses to help improve English teachers’ capability after they found out that most of them cannot meet the required standards.

Samsung, Sony and Chinese manufacturers have marketed the smart phones using dual core chips which have the prices of less than 7 million dong. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises have also jumped into the low-cost smart phone market.

Located on the northern bank of the Red River, Kieu Ki is known as the only village in Vietnam still practicing the traditional craft of producing gold leaf.

King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty of Lang Co Bay that he composed a poem in its honor and had the words carved into stone and preserved in the village of An Cu Hong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Families whose dead members are brought to morgues have to pay for morgue staff and ‘agents’ if they want to take their relatives home for burial service.

The unclear legal framework on advertisement industry and the strict licensing requirements both have hindered the development of domestic ad firms.

There will be 250 stations installed to collect harmful wastes in HCMC this year under the harmful waste collection week project being drafted by the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The National Assembly and the Government have no intention of adjusting the major targets set for 2012, and the aggregate national strength should be mobilised to achieve those targets, says NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travellers on Thang Long Avenue in Hanoi, Vietnam’s longest and most modern road, cannot see the road because of smoke, particularly on the afternoon.

Low-grade rice exports likely to fall this year; Public investment law needs expanding, clarifying; HCMC to develop waterways for tourism; SHTP is still not attractive to investors, a decade on; How to save the property market?

The national economy has ridden out the difficult times and begun showing the green shoots of recovery, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the National Assembly on June 15.

Thanh Hoa province will receive UNESCO certification recognising the Ho dynasty citadel as a World Cultural Heritage site tomorrow.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched yesterday a campaign that seeks to identify 100 "exciting things" about HCM City by opening up several categories for people, locals and foreigners, to vote on.

Exhibition “Dust”; Concert of Francesco Tristano; Conference on Village Regulations in Vietnam; Guitar Concert with Fabricio Mattos; Australian Dance Company Performs in Hanoi; Special Screening about Music; Special Cabaret Night Gainsbourg;

Specific plans for restructuring each unhealthy bank are now available, said Governor Nguyen Van Binh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) in a document replying to the questions raised by a National Assembly (NA) deputy.

Plagued by dismal economic statistics, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday offered his vision to grow the economy, create more jobs, and pay down the national debt, outlining his economic plan for reelection,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vegetable and fresh meat stalls in cities nationwide will be required to sell products supplied by enterprises with registered label and quality certificates by 2015, according to a Ministry of Planning and Investment proposal.

Microfinance helps HIV business starters; VN joins in int'l gifts, stationery fair in Malaysia; Three tonnes of rotten pork seized in capital; Police charge six men with stealing goods

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of applications for the 2012 university and college entrance examinations has reduced by 7.7 per cent compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will inaugurate its first centre on research and technology transfer of rare earth in the Dan Phuong district of Ha Noi tomorrow, June 16.

Vietnam seeks further UNESCO assistance; Former ambassador receives Friendship Order; Border children boost VN-China friendship

More than 250 teachers in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have completed an intensive training programme focused on the special needs of disabled and ethnic students as part of a three-year,

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told the Ministry of Science and Technology to speed up the investigation of the impacts of petrol on vehicle fires.

Education and training departments in many provinces and cities have drawn up plans to improve the quality of local English teachers through further training after discovering that most achieved very low scores in international English tests.