Every parent wants to send their children to prestigious schools believed to provide high quality education. However, as the number of schools is limited, parents have to scramble for the seats at the schools by paying big moneys.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Tony Tan Keng Yam arrived in Hanoi on April 23, beginning a four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Amendments will be made to Viet Nam's tax agent regulations to boost effectiveness, according to Deputy Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) Vu Van Truong.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ending its spring meetings with pledges of more than 430 billion U.S. dollars from individual countries in efforts to counter any fallout from the eurozone debt crisis.

Young fencer Nguyen Tien Nhat has earned a berth at the coming London Olympics after cruising into the finals of the Games’ Asian qualifying round in Japan on April 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – Aphrodisiacs in general and products for women are banned in in Vietnam but users can buy them quite easy, says an official from HCM City.

Provincial authorities now tend to make decisions of their own under the decentralization mechanism. However, in many cases, their decisions come contrary to the nation’s laws.

All candidates of France's presedential election have cast their votes by 12 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) on Sunday in the first round of the election, as the voting is underway and will continue until 8 p.m. (1800 GMT).

A victim died and dozens of others are still in hospital one day after the train collision in the Netherlands, Dutch News Agency ANP said on Sunday.

The Department of Disaster Mitigation and Prevention on Sunday announced drought disaster zones in 42 out of 77 provinces across Thailand.

Tourists often come to Dong Hoi District in Quang Binh Province for one reason – the magnificent Luy Thay (Master Rampart) on the Nhat Le River.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Ho Van Dieu in Quynh Luu district, the central province of Nghe An, has voluntarily taken students crossing the National Highway 1A for eight years.

Despite the great potentials, Vietnamese fruits still have to go on a tough road to reach the world market.

This is not the right time for secondary investors to join the present dreary realty market as the central bank’s latest loosened credit policy will bring about a psychological impact only, insist market observers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tan My village in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has several tens of houses, but it has a “ghost city” with hundreds of splendid tombs, which are worth several billion dong each.

Developing countries are lagging far behind World Bank nutrition targets amid a spike in global food prices, according to a report released Friday by the World Bank.

When Tri Nam Company unveiled its Bipad 9 tablet at a price of VND1.98 million (US$95) last month, the market heard that PI Viet Nam would soon introduce its PI E002 tablet at VND1.8 million.

While lumberjacks illegally attack forests throughout the country, they do not dare to set foot on the forests in Khau Tinh commune of Na Hang district in Tuyen Quang province.

William Hague will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 24-25 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh.

The Viet Nam High Equality Education for All report was released this morning aimed at providing deeper analysis into the performance of domestic primary and secondary schooling during 1992-2008.

It was well worth the rather rough and tortuous journey to reach our destination and once we reached Cat Ba Island, right on cue the sunset arrived in all its glory.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Craig Thomas Gallery, 27i Tran Nhat Duat, District 1, HCM City is displaying “Crazy People”, an exhibition dedicated to artist Bui Thanh Tam, from 26 April to 17 May.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are around 22 species of pheasants in Vietnam. VietNamNet introduces some pictures of species of pheasants in Vietnam.