At the 8th session of the 13th Standing Committee meeting of the National Assembly in Hanoi on May 5, it was discussed that even though public investment funding on construction projects had increased, the results were far from effective.

The first four months of 2012 saw 546 fires and explosions that left 23 dead and 42 injured, and caused total losses of VND128.5 billion, the police department for preventing and extinguishing fires reports.   

Vietnam has put a halt to the import of outdated second-hand machinery, equipment and production lines because they are energy hungry and harmful to the environment.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Liem continues his winning streak after beating compatriot Nguyen Van Huy in the fourth round at the Asian Chess Championships currently being held in HCM City.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his support for same-sex marriage during an interview with ABC News, reversing his long-standing opposition to the matter.

Like Da Lan, Viettronic was once a “brilliant brand” on the Vietnamese electronics market, but it has fallen into oblivion when foreign manufacturers flocked to the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is estimated that one megawatt of hydropower plant swallows up 16 hectares of forests.

VietNamNet Bridge – Indian artists were so inspired by Vietnamese landscapes and people that, after only a 10-day visit, they created beautiful artworks in honour of the Viet Nam-India fine arts exhibition held last weekend in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the first day of the Asian Grand Prix 2012, Truong Thanh Hang won a gold medal for women’s 800m running but she did not get a ticket to the Olympics yet.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi-based Central Pediatrics Hospital is going to perform a separation operation on the conjoined twin girls which were born in Ha Giang last week this afternoon, May 10.

Search and rescue was underway after a Russian-made commercial plane with at least 46 people on board went missing on Wednesday in West Java, Indonesia, spokesman of Transport Ministry Bambang Ervan said.

The parents in Hanoi have been told that they would not have to stay all night queuing up for registering to study for their children any more. State owned nursery schools in Hanoi have decided to organize lucky draws to choose pupils.

VietNamNet Bridge – Social networks have become a good business tool that helps improve businesses’ efficiency. It has also been compared with a new, cheap capital source for enterprises.

The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched on Tuesday a new campaign, "Believe it. Do it.", aimed at ending new HIV infections among children by 2015 and ensuring mothers living with HIV remain healthy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The President has ordered the publication of two decrees approved by the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly last month.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), in coordination with the US Embassy in Vietnam, held a conference in Hanoi on May 9 to establish a working group for bilateral aviation cooperation.

A roadside bomb exploded Wednesday in the vicinity of the UN observers' convoy heading to the southern Syrian province of Daraa, the UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan's spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Japanese automaker Toyota's group net profit contracted 30.5 percent to hit 283.5 billion yen (about 3. 56 billion U.S. dollars) in the fiscal year ending in March, the company said Wednesday.

More Vietnamese people tended to opt for outbound tours during recent holidays, while domestic travel fared poorer, according to HCMC’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnamese food now can see favorable conditions to reach out to the world market. The thing that Vietnam needs to do now is to take actions to grab the opportunity.

New research of British scientists indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, which is supported by gene study and reconciles previous conflicting theories.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last couple of days, tens of thousands of butterflies have appeared in several mountain districts of Thanh Hoa province, in central Vietnam. Visitors have flocked to the area to see the butterflies.

VietNamNet Bridge introduces some paintings by Hanoian boy Vu Tuan Kiet, 9, who is well-known for many talents and for not going to school like other children.

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