A farmer from Soc Trang Province has successfully propagated a unique variety of violet longan fruit that has now become hugely popular with people willing to pay exorbitant amounts for both the fruit and the sapling.

NA Chairman’s visit hailed in Lao press; Cuban leader to visit Vietnam; President sends Independence Day greeting to Obama; CPV delegation on African tour

Hundreds of families living along eroded river banks in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang are too poor to build houses and move to safer areas, while authorities are unable to provide all of them with "resettlement" houses immediately.

he fact that Baidu Tra da quan (ice tea shop) social network, belonging to Chinese Baidu group, turning up in Vietnam--has raised big worries among the Vietnamese Internet community.

The fact that six proctors have been dismissed after they were discovered in helping students cheat at the finals has raised big worries among teachers.

Pakistan on Tuesday night announced that it is reopening land routes for NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan after U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, apologized over the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in last November airstrike,

VietNamNet Bridge – Cabinet members and leaders of centrally-run cities and provinces have agreed to continue giving priority to curbing inflation and stabilising the macro economy for 2012 and the coming years.

VietNamNet Bridge – A foreign man became an “unwilling traffic policeman” to ask drivers to go on the right way. However, some did not follow his instruction.

A protein that is overactive in mouth cancer and encourages tumors to grow could be a new pathway for treating the disease, a study showed on Monday.

Though the government promises to give investment incentives to technology companies to encourage investment in the sector, in fact, the companies can hardly get the preferences.

Mekong Delta and HCM City would suffer most if the sea water rises by two meters. If so, the delta would be nearly eliminated with 92 percent of area to be inundated.

NASA, the U.S. space agency, announced Monday that it would launch a mission known as the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation (SUMI) Thursday, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fields on the sun

Lam Kinh, which means Blue Capital, was named after the surrounding Lam Son (Blue Mountains). During the 15th century, Lam Son was a base for the insurrection led by the national hero Le Loi, who later became the first king of the Le Dynasty.

More than 710,000 candidates from across the country will take part in the first phase of the 2012 university entrance examinations on July 4-5.

In first half of year, 53,000 firms went bankrupt; HCMC leaders hear concerns of agricultural enterprises; Farmers hit by fall in pork prices, crop diseases; People prioritise staples amid inflation

Vinacomin risks being downgraded by Standard&Poor's due to its weaker margins and large capital spending from debt funding.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with his Lao counterpart, Pany Yathotou, immediately after being welcomed in Vientiane on July 3.

Iran and six world powers started here on Tuesday a new round of nuclear talks at the level of technical experts, trying to explore common ground for full- fledged talks after previous meetings failed to produce any breakthrough.

VietNamNet Bridge – The incident occurred on the evening of July 1, on highway 1A in District 12, HCM City. Dozens of pigs ‘landed’ on the road.

The southern province of Tay Ninh is seeking investment in many sectors, including tourism, services and trade infrastructure, processing industries, and human resources training.

President urges focus on care for elders' health; Four workers die in coal mine explosion; Rainstorms bring flood warning in north; 800 kg of rotten suckling pigs seized in transport

The Phu Yen Province People’s Committee has requested that the Son Giang Metallurgy Co Ltd., a 100 percent Chinese owned company, set out a plan to stop operation of its iron mine, which has seriously polluted the environment in the area.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF), the draw for the AFF Cup will take place on July 11 in Bangkok.

The consumer price index (CPI) decrease in June for the first time in the last three years, has been described by economists as “positive sign” for the national economy. However, this could be a worrying thing for the stock market in medium term.

VietNamNet Bridge – Famous sports TV channel ESPN and many film studios from 23 countries will participate in the 6th International Cinema, Television and Sports and Tourism Festival, in Hanoi from July 4-7.