The current economic difficulties and the sharp fall in the number of guests have forced a lot of big bosses to sell hotels to gather strength on their important projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign ministers from Lower Mekong nations and the US convened for their fifth meeting on Friday in Phnom Penh to review the implementation of programmes on the environment, education, health and infrastructure.

VietNamNet Bridge – In late May, in Hong Kong, the Shaw Foundation called names of the winners of the Shaw Award for Astronomy 2012, Ms. Le Hang - a Vietnam-origin professor.

Dai Hung pottery kiln in Hamlet 1, Tuong Binh Hiep Commune, Thu Dau Mot Town, Binh Duong Province is famous nationwide for producing different kinds of jars, jugs, vessels and wash-basins.

The Ministry of Investment and Planning has selected five out of 15 coastal economic zones nationwide to receive priority investment over the next three years from the State.

A third-year psychology student of the University of Social Sciences and Humanity has completed the days of her trans-Viet Nam bicycle tour aimed at garnering support for the gay community.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 240 people in Ba To District in the central province of Quang Ngai have been affected by bizarre skin disease and 23 have died.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on Friday highlighted that Viet Nam considered German and Japanese enterprises as key partners in recruiting and training human resources in the long-term.

VietNamNet Bridge – While Le To Uyen has a degree in economics, in 1996 she chose to start working as a professional housekeeper/cook and nanny for foreign families in Ha Noi.

Despite the strict regulations on protecting water sources, underground water is still getting depleted and polluted because of people’s spontaneous activities.

The Vietnamese team came out on top at the 2012 Asian Muay Thai Championships which ended in HCM City on July 13.

Vietnamese students bagged one silver medal and three bronzes at the 23rd International Biology Olympiad in Singapore, which was held from July 8-15, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. 

Together with other ASEAN countries, the Vietnamese delegation regrets that the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-45) in Cambodia failed to issue its joint statement.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Summer Festival was held in London on July 14 to introduce Vietnam’s unique culture to the British people and foreign visitors coming to the city for the upcoming Summer Olympics. 

Businesses and people are now in a state of anxious suspense since they have been warned that the electricity price would be adjusted once every three months. In Vietnam, the “price adjustment” always means the “price increase.”

The art of drawing cartoon portraits for newspapers has existed for a long time in Vietnam. For portraits drawn by cartoonist Nguyen Huu Khoa, they show a new and unique expression of the artist that fascinates those who see them.  

Information and communication technology (ICT) is targeted to become one of four key industries in HCM City, with an average growth of 30 per cent per year by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to a two-day paper folding exhibition at the Viet Art Center, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi were all astonished by artworks of members of the Origami Vietnam Club.

VietNamNet Bridge – From 2006 to 2010, Vietnam has five patents registered in the US, averaging one per year. The country did not have a single patent registered in the US last year.

Hau Giang Province has three specialty crops which are pineapples, cajuputs and sugar canes. Of these, Cau Duc pineapples have the highest economic value.

Experts eye credit loans for businesses; Interest on dollar deposits rises; Transparency in reporting honoured; Stalled Can Tho refinery project may lose licence; Vietnam’s economic transparency under strict scrutiny

Vietnam welcomes the US Pacific Fleet; Army general visits Lao embassy; Vietnam seeks closer ties with China and ASEAN; Vietnam Fatherland Front receives Cambodian Buddhist delegation

At a seminar on mangrove forest protection and development hosted recently in Can Tho City, the Vietnam Administration of Forestry said that gradually human settlements in the Mekong Delta are encroaching into the mangrove forests

Thanks to the brackish coastal water environment and applying advanced techniques, the local people on Cat Ba Island, Cat Hai District in Hai Phong City have successfully developed an industrial shrimp-raising model.

Thirteen passengers, including seven foreigners, were injured after a bus carrying 40 passengers overturned on a pass in Khanh Hoa province on July 13.