VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of mechanical engineering enterprises have shut down or announced bankruptcy so far this year.

Two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning at a coffee shop in the U.S. city of Seattle, local police said.

Hanoi government’s decision to close all parking lots in 262 streets and ban vehicles from parking in 9 inner districts has been praised to be a solution to curb congestion in the city. However, parking on pavements and roads has returned.

International donors and the private sector in Vietnam will scrutinize the restructuring of State-owned enterprises as the key topic of discussion between them and the Government at the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF).

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda failed to persuade the ruling Democratic Party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa to support the tax raising policy in the meeting held Wednesday morning.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 12 people in Phu Dang hamlet in the southern province of Ben Tre were stunned when they knew that they contracted HIV, from unknown source.

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation from Russian-based Far East Federal University (FEFU) will pay a working visit to Vietnam from May 28 to June 8 including a meeting with Bui Van Ga, deputy minister of Education and Training.

VietNamNet Bridge – People on Cu Lao Cham Islet in Hoi An City, Quang Nam province, are living in an ‘unsafe’ situation because their houses are threatened by a troop of hundreds of monkeys.

Greek citizens are expected to lose some 55 percent of their current income per capita and recession could surpass 22 percent, if Greece leaves the euro zone, according to a survey of the National Bank of Greece released on Tuesday in Athens.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is drafting to set up a system offering its citizens a single identification number for civil status registry for better management.

Instead of trying to persuade consumers that their instant noodle products are delicious, nutritious and cheap, manufacturers nowadays try to arouse consumers’ compassion or threaten consumers.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to legends, udumbara is the flower in heaven, which blossoms each 3,000 years. It is considered as the special flower of Buddhism.

Capital seizes 47 violating cabs; Poor driver returns missing property worth $48k; Vietnamese AO victims to receive check-up in Korea; HCMC to build 4 large flyovers to ease congestion

VietNamNet Bridge – The former imperial city of Hue and central city of Da Nang have been chosen to host the fourth conference of writers from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia this September.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several property developers in HCM City have used the mandatory green space meant for planting trees and building parks for other purposes, and authorities have warned that they would be penalised if they do not set it right.

Rare documents of world cultural heritage on show; Book distributor celebrates kids; Fund links Vietnamese literature to Russian prose works

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam was looking to implement a comprehensive assessment of graduates from English teaching colleges in an effort to improve the quality of English teachers,

VietNamNet Bridge – Falling outside the world top ten badminton players, Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh will not be seeded in the men's singles event at the Djarum Indonesia Open.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport wants the municipal People's Committee to take up the issue of reducing toll fees on the 40km Trung Luong Expressway with the Ministry of Transport to ease traffic on National Highway 1A.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in southern An Giang Province have warned of more possible landslides caused by erosion along a 400-metre stretch of the Hau River in Long Xuyen Town's Binh Khanh Ward.

High investment rate, low electricity sale price, high bank loan interest rates and high taxes have all been stifling small hydropower plants.

VietNamNet Bridge – After a series of maternal deaths happened throughout the country, the Ministry of Health has sent a report to Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Serena Williams was bundled out of the French Open after she suffered the worst Grand Slam defeat of her career on Tuesday. The favorite for the women's singles title slumped to a dramatic and thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 loss

VietNamNet Bridge - The quality of tourism products mostly depends on the staff’s qualification. Meanwhile, the question of how to improve the staff to develop tourism still beats Vietnamese high ranking officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will leave for the third Asian Beach Games in China, the second biggest sport festival in the region, on June 12.