VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American astrophysicist Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan received the Cino Del Duca Prize from the French Institute yesterday, June 7, for his efforts to popularise science worldwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first green buses have been put into operation in HCM City. However, it’s still early to say about the development of green buses as the solution to modern cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – An intellectual property market has not existed in Vietnam yet. However, such a market is taking shape and it is believed to become bustling in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – The worry about the gloomy domestic travel market in 2012 has been lifted. Travel firms now can sigh with relief, hoping to attract many travelers this summer season thanks to the hotel room rate and airfare decreases.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people infected with dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease in Ho Chi Minh City has been increasing.

It’s now the Ministry of Health (MOH) which has been involved in the Maple Bear kindergarten’s case of providing dirty food like mash to its students. No one has claimed the responsibility for the dirty food.

VietNamNet Bridge – A special programme dubbed ‘Sunday Family Concert’ will be held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Worker Theater in Hanoi on June 10. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Latvian-native supermodel Julia Lescova arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City, at noon of June 7.

The watchdog agency and economists still keep calm amid the continued dollar price increases, affirming that everything is still under control. Meanwhile, people believe that there is a rising power which is collecting dollars on the market.

Kofi Annan, the joint UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria, said here Thursday that it is very important now to push for the implementation of his six-point plan to end the 16-month crisis in Syria

VietNamNet Bridge – The 8th theoretical workshop between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long City on June 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – A watch tower of a naval engineer regiment in the central city of Da Nang collapsed after it was hit by a big truck on June 7. The incident killed three and injured one.

There are millions of Vietnamese tourists traveling abroad every year with expenditures amounting to billions of U.S. dollar, but this segment has yet to be controlled tightly and is in need of more effective management measures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The quality of healthcare services does not differ across patients regardless of payment exchange, normally in the form of offering cash to health workers, a survey says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Finance companies’ annual reports show that their total assets and profits have decreased sharply.

Belows are valuable photos depicting a Vietnam in 1932, which come from the book “L'Indochine - Illustrées Anthology” (Collection of Illustration of Indochina) by French author Antoine Cabaton, which was published in 1932.

The Spanish treasury on Thursday successfully sold treasury bonds worth 2.1 billion euros (2.65 billion U.S. dollars) on the market.

In the tornado of urbanization, it is turning out that personal space is a premium and as the population becomes denser, the idea of having a hanging garden from your balcony or terrace is a feasible and easy solution...

300 tonnes of litchi exported to China daily; Coffee processor denies bankruptcy; HCMC asks banks, businesses to work for mutual interest; Ministry considers offering private sector access to ODA

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty years after the haunting photo of a naked girl burned by napalm running down a road was flashed around the world on June 8, 1972, it is still the one that reminds many people of the cruel war in Viet Nam.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has suggested several solutions to Hoi An Town authorities in an effort to help the ancient town deploy solid waste management strategy in an efficient way.

VietNamNet Bridge – 16 families in an alley in Phu Nhuan district, HCM City had to evacuate because a three-storey building was leaning and could collapse anytime.

VietNamNet Bridge - A stepfather, Nguyen Nhan Tu, 29, in HCM City has been arrested for beating his 3-year-old stepchild to such an extent that his liver and testis were broken.

VietNamNet Bridge – If foreign contractors do not maintain the right pace of construction, they will have to claim entire responsibility, under contracts signed with Vietnam, said Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second phase of the HCM City Environmental Sanitation Project is expected to cost about US$470 million, according to the HCM City Steering Centre for Flood Control.