Two emerging models--Martha Hunt and Michele Ouellet came to Vietnam to take pictures in Hoi An, Hanoi, Ha Long and Hue. In the lens of photographers Joshua Allen and Thomas Northcut, Vietnam appears peacefully and beautifully.

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VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Transport will tighten rules on providing replacement driving licences in an effort to prevent people from having more than one driving licence, said the department's deputy director Nguyen Xuan Tan.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday as investors' expectations of further monetary easing policy by the Federal Reserve boosted the market, while positive news from Europe also provided support.

VietNamNet Bridge – A romantic story from “One Thousand and One Nights” will be told by the body language of belly dancing at the Au Co Theatre, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman and her daughter in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, who were naked to hinder guards of a construction company from revoking her land, will have to pay aVND80,000 ($4) fine for breaking habits and customs.

Hundreds of Vietnamese coffee companies have been perishing in the home market, since foreign invested enterprises now corner the coffee material sources which have been developed by the State and farmers for years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The finance report about the business performance in the first four months of 2012 showed that enterprises incurred heavy losses, while the 71 commercial banks made fat profit.

Unsatisfied about the slow application of open source software, management agencies are considering applying more drastic measures to speed up the process.

A lot of domestic tours under the tourism promotion program have been described as the “trap” for travelers. Clients think they can save money with the low cost tours, but in fact, they are overcharged.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every single respondent in an online survey of homosexual people hopes that the law in Viet Nam will be amended to allow same-sex marriage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 60 domestic and international flights of Vietnam Airlines has been canceled or delayed, owing to storms Guchol and Talim offshore the Philippines.

More than half of investors believe that it is highly possible at least one country will leave the eurozone next year, according to a latest Barclays survey.

The law against harmful effects of tobacco passed by the National Assembly (NA) yesterday prohibits people under the age of 18 from smoking and trading in cigarettes.

VietNamNet Bridge – The burning of stubble has left a pall of black smoke over western parts of Ha Noi, particularly in the districts of Quoc Oai and Thach That, raising health concerns and disrupting visibility on roads.

VietNamNet Bridge – A visually impaired Vietnamese-American woman has conquered the tough judges of a US Master Chef cooking contest to receive a white apron and advance to the next round of competition.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will attend the Singapore Open Super Series from June 19-24.

A recent inspection revealed a number of misconduct in joint programs between the Hanoi National University and its foreign counterparts between 2006 and 2010.

Nearly 60 teams from across the country will take part in the 2012 Vietnam Off-road Cup (VOC) in Hanoi on June 30- July 1. 

Vietnam’s U22 football team defeated Thai rivals 2-1 in a friendly match in Thailand on June 19 during their training course there.

Satellite F 1 manufactured by Vietnam’s FPT technology university will be launched into orbit from a launch pad in Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre in late July.

Two Vietnamese students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) have gloried in the Val Tidone International Music Competition in Italy.

The International Women’s Artists Council (INWAAC) opened its 10 th exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time from June 21-27.

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank's goal is to keep looking for ways to help Viet Nam meet its development challenges, said Vice President for Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Axel van Trotsenburg.