Travel firms launch economy tours; HCM City hotels report room rates down; Da Nang advertises in Hong Kong; Tour company shows off Viet Nam

Vietnamese AO delegation visits the RoK; HCM City to put power cables underground; Discount train tickets to boost bulk buying; Blown out tires, engines plague Vietnam Airlines

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday warned that the escalating eurozone debt crisis and the looming U.S. fiscal cliff had posed significant risks to U.S. economic recovery, but gave no explicit hint of massive monetary steps

Laos launches contest on Vietnam-Laos special relations; Writers discuss future of children's literature; Photo contest to highlight beauty, utility of headgear

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked its office in the northern province of Bac Giang to name and verify those people who were involved in the shameful act of cheating during the recent high-school graduation examinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gia Lai have defended their title at the 13th futsal tournament for disadvantaged children, the Viet Capital Bank Cup in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dioxin must be considered as a possible cause of the unidentified skin syndrome that has affected about 200 people, 23 of whom have died, in central Quang Ngai Province since last year, many experts warned at a seminar.

Vietnam will not conceal any irregularities relating to three Danish-funded projects and will punish violators strictly, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a heated discussion broadcast nation-wide, National Assembly deputies yesterday, June 7, called on the Government to maintain a proper balance between inflation and economic growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – A music teaching center for children will be opened in HCMC by Vietnamese-Australian singer Thanh Bui, who finished in the Top 8 of Australian Idol 2008, this July.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several works of French composer Georges Bizet will be performed by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera this weekend.

While prestigious international institutions have warned that Vietnam’s inflation rate would be high in 2012, domestic economists believe that the inflation rate would be very low. Especially, some of them have warned against the deflation.

VietNamNet Bridge – "Come and see me write," a 9-year-old boy said while leading me to his seat in a class for child victims of Agent Orange in the Viet Nam Friendship Village.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American astrophysicist Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan received the Cino Del Duca Prize from the French Institute yesterday, June 7, for his efforts to popularise science worldwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first green buses have been put into operation in HCM City. However, it’s still early to say about the development of green buses as the solution to modern cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – An intellectual property market has not existed in Vietnam yet. However, such a market is taking shape and it is believed to become bustling in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – The worry about the gloomy domestic travel market in 2012 has been lifted. Travel firms now can sigh with relief, hoping to attract many travelers this summer season thanks to the hotel room rate and airfare decreases.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people infected with dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease in Ho Chi Minh City has been increasing.

It’s now the Ministry of Health (MOH) which has been involved in the Maple Bear kindergarten’s case of providing dirty food like mash to its students. No one has claimed the responsibility for the dirty food.

VietNamNet Bridge – A special programme dubbed ‘Sunday Family Concert’ will be held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Worker Theater in Hanoi on June 10. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Latvian-native supermodel Julia Lescova arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City, at noon of June 7.

The watchdog agency and economists still keep calm amid the continued dollar price increases, affirming that everything is still under control. Meanwhile, people believe that there is a rising power which is collecting dollars on the market.

Kofi Annan, the joint UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria, said here Thursday that it is very important now to push for the implementation of his six-point plan to end the 16-month crisis in Syria

VietNamNet Bridge – The 8th theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long City on June 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – A watch tower of a naval engineer regiment in the central city of Da Nang collapsed after it was hit by a big truck on June 7. The incident killed three and injured one.