Five ongoing hydro-power plants at key tourist sites of Sapa town, Lao Cai province, have made adverse impacts on the landscape, environment and daily life of local people in Ho, Den, Lao Chai villages and Muong Hoa valley.

More flyovers needed to keep Hanoi moving; JICA helps upgrade provincial and regional hospitals; Inspectors find numerous wrongdoings at Vinalines; Woman dies after falling from bus; Vietnam workers in Russia to receive assistance

Tu Sa teapots, which originated from China, are not only used for tea preparation, but also are ceramic works of art. Artisan Vuong Manh Tuan in the ancient pottery village of Bat Trang in Hanoi successfully makes these types of teapots.

"The Avengers" is going to keep the 2012 U.S. box office fighting for a new record with estimates soaring past 150 million U.S. dollars, according to media reports Friday.

More and more parents and students feel unsatisfactory about the Vietnamese education and believe that studying overseas is the best way for them to get knowledge and get job promotion.

Vietnam cannot close its eyes to the genetically modified organism (GMO), described as a revolution in the biotechnology.

The summer heat has suffocated new urban areas, where there are only reinforced concrete high rise buildings and a little bit of verdure.

VietNamNet Bridge – That is the statement by Mr. Hoang Vinh Giang, Secretary General of the Vietnam Olympic Committee, regarding Vietnam’s plan at the Olympics 2012.

The sharp fall of the number of import-export orders has led to the dramatic decrease of the contracts logistics firms obtain.

Cuba will this year begin clinical trials of a new pneumococcal vaccine developed by the island nation's biotech industry, the official daily Granma said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a small house in Tam Duong district of Vinh Phuc Province, a girl is passionately fond of writing by a pen in her mouth. That girl is Nguyen Thi Hong.

Newborns whose mothers are under stress during the first trimester of pregnancy may be at risk for low iron status, which could lead to physical and mental delays down the road,

Jairo Acuna Alfaro, UNDP Policy Advisor on Public Administration Reform and Anticorruption, talks about key findings in the new survey on Vietnam’s Provincial Governance and Public Administration Index.

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Friday that it unveiled its third generation smartphone in the Galaxy series featuring the options of recognizing voice, face and motion.

Experts urge new growth models; Finland’s flagship carrier opens rep. office in Vietnam; Agro-forestry, fishery exports hit $8b in Q1; System overload makes power cuts inevitable; Southern provinces enjoy bumper rice harvest

A whirlwind swept over Vinh Loc A commune in Binh Chanh district, HCM City at 5.30pm of May 3, damaging and blowing the roof of more than 60 houses.

The clock is ticking for the incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy as the campaign is to officially end by midnight Friday and his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande remains on top of all polls for Sunday's runoff.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam, in an effort to disembroil both banks and businesses and to put the capital flow through, is considering issuing new requirements on borrowers.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the bizarre skin disease in Ba To district in the central province of Quang Ngai is still a mystery, a new skin disease has appeared in the province’s Son Ha district, affecting dozens of students.

Seafood companies have complained that they have to pay too many different kinds of unreasonable fees, which cause unnecessary waste and make Vietnamese products less competitive in the world market.

VietNamNet Bridge – A local fishing boat on April 30 rescued 7 foreign sailors offshore Vung Tau city in southern Vietnam, the Marine Searching and Rescue Center III (Vungtau MRCC) reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the country's commercial and industrial hub, HCM City has also taken the lead in taking care of its labour force, according priority to improving workers' living standards, a senior official said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of policemen hunted a young man who involved in a robbery and murder at a gold shop in the northern province of Hung Yen on May 1.

Reading A Perfect Spy, a book on Viet Nam's greatest undercover operative, Pham Xuan An, by American historian Larry Berman, one detail drew my attention: the 1958 imprisonment in Chin Ham (Nine Bunkers) Prison of Tran Quoc Huong

Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday said it plans to price its initial public offering (IPO) at 28 to 35 U.S. dollars a share, putting it on track to become the largest IPO for any Internet company.