VietNamNet Bridge – Using unbaked construction materials to replace traditional baked clay bricks will soon become an indispensable development trend, according to the HCM City Department of Construction.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Danh Ut Hien, 54, an official of Vinh Quoi commune in the southern province of Soc Trang, failed the high-school final examinations eight times. He has just finished the ninth exams yesterday, June 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wives of 11 out of the 12 men living with HIV in Phu Dang hamlet, Ben Tre province, have been tested negative for HIV.

Local artists perform in Russia; Artists from Arabesque Dance Group won international awards; Film raises funds for heart surgery; More efforts needed to ensure preservation of Nam Giao site

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s rising star Tran Duy Khoi has won seven golds and one silver in eight categories at the 2012 Southeast Asian (SEA) Swimming Tournament for different age groups in Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaving his house at 6.30am, it took Tran Hai Nam 30 minutes on bus to get to work at a factory in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District. There, he worked as a machine operator for eight hours a day to earn VND3.5 million a month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Emirates Airlines has announced the launch of daily direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Dubai as from June 4.

Speedboat on Sa Ky-Ly Son route launched; Airport detects 1.62 kg of drugs hidden in handbag; HCM City curbs traffic congestion; 8 former Vinh Phuc officials indicted for corruption

VietNamNet Bridge – Ms. Bui Thi Vinh and Mr. Ha Van Toi, 91, in the southern province of Ben Tre, have officially become wife and husband on June 4.

Southeast Asia will be stable if there is a strong Vietnam or strong Philippines, and the region will be unstable if there are only weak countries in the region, said US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai joined soldiers and volunteers to plant mangrove forest in Ha Long city, of the northern port city of Quang Ninh on June 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – Goalkeeper Duong Hong Son is suspected to be out of inspiration to devote himself to the national football team because he reported of being wounded right before the national team was summoned.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of June 3, a young man climbed up on banister of the second floor of a house under construction on Ton That Tung road in District 1, HCM City, and threatened suicide.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said the Vietnamese government would strictly punish violators, but the information released by Denmark in the three projects--that it had stopped funding, still needs to be verified.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam pocketed five gold medals at the 2012 Asia Rowing Cup which just finished in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two women in the central province of Binh Dinh have been arrested for resisting against law enforcement employees.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 50 percent of the premises in industrial zones (IZ) and 26.4 percent in industrial complexes have been occupied due to the oversupply of industrial zones.

A total of 137 bodies have so far been recovered from the site of the passenger plane which crashed into a two-storey building in Southwest Nigeria's Lagos State on Sunday,

VietNamNet Bridge – A new form of identity card will be piloted in Hanoi in the third quarter of this year before being introduced to all citizens nationwide in 2016, according to a circular of the Ministry of Public Security.

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of articles about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College  and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.

On the eve of the mid-term Consultative Group meeting in Quang Tri province, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh said that Vietnam’s official development assistance usage efficiency  has made significant progress.

The Ministry of Health has announced that among the 200,000 patients infected with HIV in Vietnam currently, 5,000 are pregnant women.

British Queen Elizabeth II on Monday joined a crowd of tens of thousands at a concert of pop, rock, and classical music held on a stage outside Buckingham Palace as one of the highlights of the four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Viet Nam had achieved results in its efforts to control inflation and maintain macro-economic stability in the first five months, a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment said yesterday.

State management agencies would inspect foreign-invested projects periodically or unexpectedly in a bid to guarantee the effects of legal regulations under a draft circular newly released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.