Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday vowed to speed up improving the quality of life of workers during her televised Labor Day address, Thai News Agency reported.

For 50 years, Prof. Nguyen Quang Rieu has been passionately devoted to the study of the stars. His great desire is to bequeath his love for scientific research to a young Vietnamese generation.

Binh Dinh Province in south-central Vietnam is considered as a "cradle" of Tuong (classical drama).

Over 200 people were feared dead in a major ferry incident in the northeast Indian state of Assam Monday evening, with 103 people confirmed dead from drowning while over 100 still remained missing after an over-packed double-decked steamer

The auto sector is still weary of the state’s fee proposals on the car industry development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Users of motorised vehicles will have to pay a road maintenance fee from June 1 this year under Governmental Decree No 18.

Foreign pharmaceutical firms are finding Vietnam just the medicine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every summer, all roads in Hanoi are occupied by restaurants and tea shops.

Spanish researchers on Wednesday announced that they have discovered the molecule in HIV which is responsible for the propagation of the AIDS virus in the human body.

VietNamNet Bridge – When the funeral ended, the coffin of Ms. Phan Thi Man, 86, was brought to a car of the HCM City Medical University. The woman donated her body for sciences, following her husband.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dong Nai provincial Natural Reserve is installing an electric system to prevent elephants from entering residential quarters to damage farm crops. However, analysts believe that this should not be a long term solution.

Pham Gia Khiem awarded Japanese “Sunrise” order; Vietnam extends its sympathies to Pakistani; Quang Tri's liberation celebrated; Mekong Delta potential introduced to diplomatic corps; Phu Yen, Savannakhet boost cooperation

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Navy Colonel Nguyen Van Kiem has attended the 18th International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco as an observer.

With five coal-run thermopower plants under construction, PetroVietnam alone would need 18 million tons of coal, of which 13 million tons would be imported. By 2020, Vietnam would need 48 million tons of coal imports a year.

The Internet contributes 0.9 percent to total Vietnam’s GDP and 1.6 percent to the country’s total 14.4 percent GDP growth.

All the coffee brands have to compete fiercely with each other to scramble for the pieces of the cake.

The buffalo is a familiar animal to the Vietnamese, not just in farming, but also in the folk festivals that are common during spring.

VietNamNet Bridge – Walking for half of a day to a kermis to sell several soapberries, a pack of tea, several chickens, a basket of snails or a jar of pickled vegetables… is perhaps seen in mountain kermises in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Strikes have become popular in Vietnam. Most strikes breake out in provinces and cities in the southern key economic region and at foreign invested enterprises.

VAT refund scheme should be fully implemented; Industrial output hits two-year low; Chinese plums with cancer-causing additives rife in HCMC; Numbers of 3G users skyrockets; Local firm supplies content for LG Smart TVs

VietNamNet Bridge – Awakened by the sounds of birds and frogs in the early morning after escaping from the rapid pace of city life, I started my new day in Ba Be National Park, a massive nature reserve in the northern province of Bac Kan

Emperor’s Night; Oliver Twist in Vietnam; Concert with Notos Quartett; Music Night with Jeans Team; Hanoi Flea Market #2; Opera “Dido and Aeneas”; Screening of “Exploring the Misterious Land of Black Lo lo Ethnic Minority” '

Credit supply at affordable lending rates is considered a necessary measure to stimulate the property market, but beyond capital supply, the market also needs a liberal environment with improper regulations removed, experts said.

“Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) is considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature because it not only has cultural value but also goes into the life as well as cultural consciousness of Vietnamese people.

As many as 16% of listed firms on Vietnam’s stock markets incurred losses in 2011, with the results blamed on incompetent leadership.