Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called his four-year work as prime minister "a hard word" and praised the government for its great work.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 70 per cent of Ha Noi's household waste is collected for treatment, leaving stagnation in most of the capital's rural areas.

The fourth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) started Thursday morning in Beijing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty four nations and territories are gearing up for the four Asian taekwondo tournaments which will take place in HCM City from May 4-11.

Tiago Calisto, the son of former coach of the Vietnamese national football squad Henrique Calisto and a well-known football agent, was unexpectedly in the audience at the match between Saigon FC and Navibank Saigon last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – A wedding taxi ran straight into a river in Hai Duong city on April 29. Only the driver quickly escaped from the car. Five others sunk into the river with the car.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Australian education exhibition will take place in Hanoi and HCM City on May 12-13 respectively, with the participation of 14 private and public Australian high schools. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Widespread scorching sun has not only stirred up the life of people in central Vietnam, but has also caused high threats of forest fires.

Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande went through a fierce verbal battle in a prime-time televised debate that lasted for almost three hours on Wednesday night, but . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Many species of wild animals, especially wild boars, have been seen at the U Minh Ha National Park in the southern province of Ca Mau.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the majority of businesses have bogged down in big difficulties in the economic downturn, a lot of businesses have been thriving thanks to their professional advantages and the impacts of the state’s policies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Minh Thuy took the yellow jersey at the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament which wrapped up in HCM City on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoi Nha Am Nhac (Music House), a version of the US reality music show Star Academy, will begin tomorrow on HCM City Television's HTV7 channel.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Can Gio preventive forest plays a very important role in the protection of the environment in HCM City, described as the “lung” cleaning the air and industrial waste converged from Dong Nai River upstream.

VietNamNet Bridge – A married woman of 27 years old and a high-school boy were detected to have committed suicide in the room of a motel in the southern province of Bac Lieu on April 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – A centre to help ex-prisoners reintegrate into society was officially opened last week.

NA Chairman visits Vung Ang economic zone; President meets voters in HCM City; Vietnam, Laos’ women unions boost ties

Le Nam Thang, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, said Vietnam is developing a new Internet policy to replace the old one.

The Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy (IRDD) took place in Jakarta on April 30 and May 1, to discuss how democracy is developing in various regions of the world.

The Internet charges have been on the decrease, while the input costs have been increasing, thus requiring high investment capital, which both have put big difficulties for Internet service providers (ISP).

VietNamNet Bridge – In big cities, private tutoring can help teachers become millionaires. Meanwhile, in rural and remote areas, private tutoring is the main source of income for many teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge – On May 2, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presided over a national online conference on receiving citizens and dealing with complaints and denunciations.

A group of South Korean officials, scholars and civic activists left for the United States Monday to look into the latest outbreak of mad cow disease amid growing food safety concerns at home.

A senior official believes in raising Vietnam’s image by offering refund on VAT on commodities purchased in Vietnam by foreign travellers at point of departure at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports from July 2012 till June 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – An industrial accident happened at a coal mine in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 29, killing four workers.