A United Nations advance observers' team arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus late Sunday to monitor the fragile cease-fire brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan, sources told Xinhua anonymously.

VietNamNet Bridge – Animal feed industry representatives and health officials have called for slapping criminal charges against those who use lean-meat additives in feed.

Vietnam’s new minimum salary regulations will put a smile on blue-collar workers’ faces.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new art installation at the Goethe Institute by Hue-based artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai is entitled The Vestiges and features about 60 wooden boxes with sandals and other objects found along the Huong River,

As capital gets exhausted, numerous enterprises have to scale down their production and cut down the labor force. Other enterprises do not sack workers, but encourage them to resign from the posts, or delay salary payment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sai Gon FC showed great skill in beating Hai Phong 3-2 during their round 14 match at Lach Tray Stadium yesterday, April 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – The average temperature in HCM City has been increasing rapidly and steadily in the last three decades, while the gap between the temperature of the city and neighboring areas has widened.

12th graders, who are gearing up to prepare for the university entrance exams, nowadays are ready to pay a high price to go to private tutoring classes, which are believed to provide higher quality training.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai broke ground on Saturday for the Sai Gon Bridge No 2 between HCM City's Districts 2 and Binh Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The work on applying modern scientific and technical innovations to renovate the blood transfusion, producing and standardizing blood products used for treating diseases, has won the state prize in science and technology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vinaracing has officially opened an all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) track, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, at the Suoi Tien Theme Park in HCM City.

The much-predicted Taliban spring offensive began Sunday as the armed outfit launched multiple suicide attacks and gun shots in several Afghan cities including the fortified capital city Kabul.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s efforts in regulatory and administrative reform have received approval from officials of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and many countries.

Traffic police across the country will increase checks on overloaded cars and trucks from next week, said Nguyen Van Quyen, deputy director of the Directorate for Roads.

Congratulations to DPRK’s leader; Hanoi banquet marks DPRK founder’s birthday; Deputy PM concludes Australia visit; Condolences sent to Algeria

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten houses were buried in a rockslide that occurred in the early morning of April 15, at an earth and rock dump near a coal mine in Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet introduces several species of insects in Vietnam through photos.

The aviation market has not been performing as experts forecasted. Instead of increasing of the number of flights as they did in previous years, many airlines have to reduce the flight frequency.

At least five people were killed and 29 others injured in Oklahoma as tornadoes raked the U.S. midwest states on Saturday and Sunday, officials said.

Though considered eco-friendly building material, adobe, or lightweight concrete brick, is suffering a dreadful fate as producers are struggling to find the market for the green material.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) staged massive celebrations in Pyongyang's main square on Sunday with a grand military parade to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of founding leader Kim Il Sung.

VietNamNet Bridge – The five-year-old boy named Nguyen Tam Phuc is very mischievous like boys at his age. But Phuc has a special passion for pottery paintings at his workshop in Phu Lang village, Bac Ninh province.

Tourists often take the two kilometer cruise on Son River to see the mysterious and magical Phong Nha Cave and I bet none leave disappointed.

Local mobile virtual network operators are struggling to come into reality.

To survive the current tough times due to slowing tourism demands, local travel agencies are seeking tax extensions and loans with reduced interest rates.