VietNamNet Bridge – Two companies of the Ministry of Defense - Bao Tin and Hai Minh – launched an oil spill response vessel named NASOS II on March 13. This is the biggest ship of its kind in Vietnam at present.

VietNamNet Bridge – The French language will be once again honoured in Viet Nam through a wide range of cultural activities on the occasion of International Francophone Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Research institutes and universities play a key role in fostering technology transfer for rapid but sustainable human and economic development.

VietNamNet Bridge – A three-day conference on developing towns that are well adapted to face climate change challenges opened yesterday, March 13, in Mekong Delta's Can Tho City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attaches much importance to boosting multifaceted co-operation with Mozambique, a country it considers its important partner in Africa.

South Korea on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of a low pathogenic avian influenza virus in chickens previously tested positive for avian flu, the government said Tuesday.

The Vietnam War Veterans Association (VWVA) should continue to work closely with the Government, Party organizations, and administrations to successfully implement the socio-economic targets set for this year and in the future,

In the Dong Mai lead recycle craft village in Van Lam district of Hung Yen province, Ta Thi Tan has been well known to everybody as the woman who successfully collects fumes from lead smelting.

Venture funds believe that it is now the right time for them to pour capital into the market. As businesses cannot access bank loans, they would seek the investments from venture funds.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has told some universities to stop enrolling students for some training majors. However, the schools seem to turn a deaf ear to the decision.

New Indonesian ambassador welcomed to Vietnam; Cambodian Defence Chief visits Vietnam; Women need more State assistance

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that the new round of nuclear talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (G5+1) will start "soon."

The dong/dollar exchange rate stabilization in the last two months and the positive macroeconomic signs have both lured the foreign capital back to the stock market.

More than 40 percent of the tour guide certificates of Saigontoutist tourism and hotel school submitted to the local departments of culture, sports and tourism in the east and west of the southern region were forged certificates.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Dong ethnic minority people in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, not only name their babies after South Korean movie stars, but also mobile phone brand names.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Belgium have agreed to boost cooperation in the priority fields of politics, economics, education and training, and culture in the near future.

The Ministry of Finance is considering revising the Personal Income Tax Law to help people cope with high inflation but not until 2014 will the amended law take effect.

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a regulator protein that plays a crucial role in kidney fibrosis, a condition that leads to kidney failure, according to a report published this week in Nature Medicine.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has instructed credit institutions and branches of foreign banks to report their lending to foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses before March 16.

A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality.

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Congeniality of the Miss Vietnam Universe--Duong Thuy Linh and 130 volunteers rode bicycles around Hanoi on the morning of March 11, to call for people’s support to the Earth Hour 2012.

The decision by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to lower the anti-dumping tax rates on tra fish fillets imported from Vietnam is really the heartening news for Vietnamese seafood exporters.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year, the ancient town of Hoi An has become the first city in Vietnam and also in Southeast Asia that is entirely covered with free wireless Internet service.

Yahoo on Monday filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that the social network company has infringed ten of its patents.

FC Barcelona president Sandro Rossell has rejected claims that coach Pep Guardiola has asked for central defender Gerard Pique to be sold as a condition for renewing his contract at the club.