Vietnamese rowers win Asian golds

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam pocketed five gold medals at the 2012 Asia Rowing Cup which just finished in Singapore.

Two women arrested for attacking traffic policemen

VietNamNet Bridge – Two women in the central province of Binh Dinh have been arrested for resisting against law enforcement employees.

Industrial zones are between the devil and the deep blue sea

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 50 percent of the premises in industrial zones (IZ) and 26.4 percent in industrial complexes have been occupied due to the oversupply of industrial zones.

137 bodies recovered from Nigerian plane crash site: rescue officials

A total of 137 bodies have so far been recovered from the site of the passenger plane which crashed into a two-storey building in Southwest Nigeria's Lagos State on Sunday,

New ID cards with bar code to be applied

VietNamNet Bridge – A new form of identity card will be piloted in Hanoi in the third quarter of this year before being introduced to all citizens nationwide in 2016, according to a circular of the Ministry of Public Security.

The perils and opportunities of incumbency

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of articles about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College  and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.

ODA progress highlighted at CG Meeting

On the eve of the mid-term Consultative Group meeting in Quang Tri province, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh said that Vietnam’s official development assistance usage efficiency  has made significant progress.

Vietnam reports 5,000 pregnant women with HIV infection

The Ministry of Health has announced that among the 200,000 patients infected with HIV in Vietnam currently, 5,000 are pregnant women.

Stars perform for British queen's diamond jubilee concert

British Queen Elizabeth II on Monday joined a crowd of tens of thousands at a concert of pop, rock, and classical music held on a stage outside Buckingham Palace as one of the highlights of the four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Macro-economic stabilisation ‘on track'

Viet Nam had achieved results in its efforts to control inflation and maintain macro-economic stability in the first five months, a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment said yesterday.

New checks soon on all FDI projects

State management agencies would inspect foreign-invested projects periodically or unexpectedly in a bid to guarantee the effects of legal regulations under a draft circular newly released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Putin arrives in Beijing for state visit, SCO summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday morning, kicking off a state visit to China.

Then singing seeks UNESCO recognition

The northern province of Tuyen Quang will compile a dossier on the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic minority, to submit to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible world cultural heritage.

Rural children face nutrition gap

A major gap exists between the nutritional status of Chinese children under 5 in rural and urban areas, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Health on Thursday.

Out-of-season flood sweeps away three kids

VietNamNet Bridge – An unexpected flood that was created after a thunderstorm swept away three children in Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam on June 1.

Biosphere reserve to invite foreign experts for monkey work

As many monkeys are fleeing the mountains to seek food on Cham Islands - a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - in the famous Hoi An ancient town and in the process harassing locals,

Vietnam to lift foreign ownership ratio limit in Vietnamese banks

Foreign investors have got excited in the news that the State Bank of Vietnam is considering raising the maximum proportions of stakes foreign investors can hold in a Vietnamese bank. However, there has been no information about the new cap.

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Armenian President to visit Vietnam; People-to-people diplomacy contributes to national development: PM; NA Chairman welcomes foreign ambassadors; Binh Duong strengthens ties with RoK

Illegal Chinese fish farmers fined, expelled

As many as eleven out of the nineteen Chinese fish farmers working under the cover of aquaculture experts in the coastal province of Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh Bay have offended labor and residence regulations and have been penalized.

The race to state owned schools heating up

Parents and students have been intensively preparing for the race to high schools, the race which is no less stressful than the university entrance exam.

NA looks to boost work of legislature

VietNamNet Bridge – The majority of NA deputies yesterday agreed with the main content of a draft project on renovating the performance of legislature, saying that most necessary changes have already been included in the draft project.

A well-rounded education at Singapore International School

VietNamNet Bridge - Singapore International Schools are centres of excellence. Students have the opportunity to experience high quality international study programmes which help to challenge their intellectual curiosity.

Clinton, Annan to meet on Syria

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan in Washington on Friday, to discuss the current situation in the Middle East country,

Digital signature service providers struggling to seek ways to survive

It’s not the time for the enterprises providing public digital signature certification services (CA) to think of making heavy investment and expanding their business scale. They now just think about what to do to earn money to exist.

Chinese people’s fish farming shows the loopholes of the laws

Chinese people have been unflinchingly farming fish and shrimp on the surface water of the Cam Ranh bay in Khanh Hoa for profit, even though they were once forced to pay fines.