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.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Royal Night” is an art and festival program that reproduces the shining beauty of the royal citadel at night, with cultural activities of the Hue royal palace in the past. Let’s discover the royal night at the Hue Festival 2012.

A slump in prices of food and foodstuffs in March has contributed to lowering the consumer price index (CPI) in HCM City but raised concerns over market stagnancy, a meeting heard yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 14, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung worked with leaders of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee on implementing a zoning plan for Hanoi’s development until 2030, with a vision to 2050.

VietNamNet Bridge – The wedding ceremony of a princess of the Nguyen dynasty was recreated for the first time at the Hue royal citadel on the evening of April 10.

Fast growing enterprises, especially the ones in FAST 500, the list of the 500 enterprises with fastest growth rates in Vietnam, have big advantages to attract the capital flow from investment funds.

Some 56% of the hospitals in Vietnam have yet to complete their medical waste treatment systems, said Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Department of Health Environmental Management under the Ministry of Health.

While public universities are offering new majors to attract more students this year, private ones are trying their best to fill their quota of learners by resorting to various usual and unusual methods.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to former Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana, capital of Cuba.

The country has targeted to welcome 1 million Japanese tourists by 2015 as Japan has always been among the top five markets for Viet Nam's tourism sector for recent years.

More people are reported suffering from stiffness of the limbs, respiratory problems and miscarriages, caused by a peculiar and unidentified skin ulceration that has plagued the central province of Quang Ngai since April.

The last chance for marksmen to test their skills in top-level competition ahead of the Olympics will be at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup held from April 17 to 24 in London.

Though having achieved initial big achievements with the afforestation program, Bac Kan provincial authorities say that a lot of things still need to be done to protect the forests.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of motorbikes of all brands, which belong to traffic rule violators, have been left outdoor on the pavement of Hanoi’s Phu Doan street for a year. They are now scrap.

On April 14, the Saigon 2 bridge project would be kicked off after two years of considering shifting from BOT to BT mode. Investing in infrastructure items under the BOT mode has reached an impasse.

Will the government think of reducing tax rates or applying some measures to rescue businesses like it once did in 2009, when enterprises bogged down in difficulties?

VN a top rapid growth market; Vietnam’s forex reserves at nearly $17 billion: ADB; Ministry stops produce exports; Export firms to get credit insurance aid; Supply chain growth to up competitiveness  

Exhibition “Oxen – Human Beings”; Special Opera “The Child and the Spells”; Performance of “Descendance”; Special Cabaret Night; Concert Beethoven 5th; Screening of “Les femmes de L’Ombre”

Many travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City are offering various promotional schemes on domestic and international tours to lure customers, whose numbers have dropped sharply after a substantial  increase in airfares and other service charges.

There was a great potential for Viet Nam to develop its digital content industry and generate a large revenue in the field of information and communications technology, said Le Doan Hop, president of the Digital Communications Society.

Real estate sales by banks in a bid to recover bad debts were flooding property brokerage centres, with prices much lower than general price levels on the market, online newspaper vnexpress.net reported.