Japanese automaker Toyota's group net profit contracted 30.5 percent to hit 283.5 billion yen (about 3. 56 billion U.S. dollars) in the fiscal year ending in March, the company said Wednesday.

More Vietnamese people tended to opt for outbound tours during recent holidays, while domestic travel fared poorer, according to HCMC’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnamese food now can see favorable conditions to reach out to the world market. The thing that Vietnam needs to do now is to take actions to grab the opportunity.

New research of British scientists indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, which is supported by gene study and reconciles previous conflicting theories.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last couple of days, tens of thousands of butterflies have appeared in several mountain districts of Thanh Hoa province, in central Vietnam. Visitors have flocked to the area to see the butterflies.

VietNamNet Bridge introduces some paintings by Hanoian boy Vu Tuan Kiet, 9, who is well-known for many talents and for not going to school like other children.

All farm product exports to EU to undergo safety check; HSBC announces new manufacturing index in Vietnam; State budget loses VND4.36 tril. on car import; Garment exports rise 14% in first four months; Falling export activity hits logistics firms

VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh is attending the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which is being held in Sharm El Sheikh City, Egypt from May 7-10.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the parching heat, three students of Quang Chinh Primary School in Quang Ninh province bathed in the river on the morning of May 7. Two of them who could not swim were immediately swept away.

“Chau chao me” - As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I knew I had bungled my greeting to my new mother-in-law. 

Steve Jackson is a 38 year old communications consultant living in Hanoi.

In the first in a weekly series we ask expats to describe their Vietnam. This week Michael Brosowski tells of a “complex country where hope and sorrow can co-exist”.

VietNamNet Bridge - Julia Plevin, a 22-year old American, works for an environmental NGO. In her spare time she also write articles on Vietnam that have been published internationally.

Young people are the driving energy of Vietnam, a country that is blessed with an abundance of young talent.  

VietNamNet Bridge – A young man in the central province of Quang Binh stabbed and then poured gasoline on his girlfriend, and then burned himself.

VietNamNet Bridge – Following a neighbor’s advice, a woman in Tan Phu district, HCM City, removed fuzz on her one-month baby by pipe tobacco mixed with betel. The baby was hospitalized 30 minutes later.

VietNamNet Bridge – This is among three Vietnamese movies for teens that are scheduled for release this summer. However, it may be prohibited from local cinemas for its “illogical, non-educational contents and technical lack of qualification.”

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of May 8, the police force of Gia Lai province and mobile police force of the Central Highlands arrested 62 people, who are accused of conducting anti-government activities.

The question remains unanswered. In Vietnam, the income of a person not only comes from official sources or salaries, but from other sources as well.

VietNamNet Bridge – All thirteen people who had fatal illnesses that were supposedly cured by a superstitious woman at an “odd garden” in Long An Province have actually died of their diseases.

VietNamNet Bridge – At noon on May 7, a tank truck carrying 25,000 liters of gasoline from Ha Tinh to Quang Binh in central Vietnam was upturned on National Highway 1A. Gasoline spilled all over the road.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hearing that her husband has a paramour, a woman who was at 4th-month pregnancy, in Hoi An town of Quang Nam province, burned herself by kerosene.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hotel, restaurants, resorts, carriers all try to overcharge travelers on holidays or in high tourism season, which has made domestic travelers turn their backs to domestic tours.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sixty five percent of the 10,350 businesses which got dissolved and bankrupted in the first quarter of the year were fledgling businesses which were established just one or two years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health on May 7 released a report which mentions elements that may cause the bizarre skin disease in Ba To district of the central province of Quang Ngai.