VietNamNet Bridge – There are still only few women in top leadership positions at Viet Nam's important governmental organisations, Dr Nguyen Song Ha, a researcher at Viet Nam's Women Union, has said.

Yamaha Motor Vietnam has launched a program to seek outstanding young footballers for the national squad.   

Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced that he has been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer, but his condition is "not remotely life-threating", according to media reports Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korea and Taiwan are considering limiting entry to Vietnamese workers since the number of runaway Vietnamese workers who overstay their visas to work illegally in these countries has increased steadily,

Scientists’ research works have found proof showing that tsunamis once attacked Vietnam and brought about serious impacts. They have warned that tsunami is a real risk for Vietnam, and that this needs further through research.

VietNamNet Bridge – Non-profit organisation Room to Read on Monday signed an agreement with two provincial department of education and training to set up libraries in 30 primary schools in northern Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang provinces.

A lot of businesses have to borrow money on the black market at exorbitant high interest rates to pay their due debts. However, debts generate bigger debts, and businesses have been caught in a vicious circle.

ASEAN debates farming standards; Peace groups boost Vietnam-China relations; Diplomats pay tribute to US doctor

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students registering to follow social science study branches has been decreasing dramatically. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Three years ago, online tax declaration could only be made in HCM City. Meanwhile, the mode of tax declaration has become more popular and used by the enterprises throughout the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – After a strong crash between a cement and a rice ships, the ship named Duy Phuong 36 and 2,400 tons or rice were sunken. Twelve sailors were rescued.

VietNamNet Bridge – The government of Peru will always create favourable conditions for Vietnam’s projects to be effectively implemented in the Latin American nation, says Prime Minister Oscar Eduardo Valdes Dancuart.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that it will ease the financial sanctions on Myanmar in order to allow the American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to operate in the country.

The People’s Procuracy of HCM City on April 14 said that the indictment and documents of the case related to three defendants, including blogger Dieu Cay, had been transferred to the municipal People’s Court for trial in the coming time.

A luxury resort will be built at Ban Gioc Falls in Dam Thuy Commune of Trung Khanh District in the northern province of Cao Bang, according to Saigon Tourist Company, the main investor of the project. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninety five foreign invested real estate projects have been licensed in Hanoi. However, many investors have not moved since the day they got the licenses.

The "Word of the Day" project kicked off Monday in the southern Russian city of Sochi in a bid to make the citizens engaged in a good preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

A girl beats another with a chair to the head; another schoolgirl slits the face of another with a razor blade, etc.. These are scandalous acts of several schoolgirls that have stirred up the public recently.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday said it now wasn't obliged to a major deal with the United States and would continue to launch satellites, the official KCNA news agency said.

Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis. The study was the cover story this week in the journal Genes & Development.

Coal output targeted at 13m tonnes; New border gate economic zone established in Ha Giang; Firm recycles steel slag into construction material; Hyundai-Vinashin faces tax burden; Debt-ridden firms default, bargain away assets  

The Government is applying a series of measures in an attempt to help companies survive the prolonged economic crisis, including adjustments in taxation, interest rates on bank loans, administrative procedures and capital sources.

VietNamNet Bridge – The armies of Vietnam and China should promote dissemination of information on traditional friendship between the two countries and continue to co-ordinate at the multilateral forums,

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Chile at 11:50 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 1,300 hectares of winter-spring rice in Lak District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have disappeared, because the local authorities have not repaired a 32m dike which was broken six months ago.