VietNamNet Bridge – Stricter punishments for drink-driving, including detention, were proposed at a question-and-answer session yesterday, April 24, between National Assembly's Law Committee and senior Government officials,

VietNamNet Bridge – China must immediately cancel its national plan on islands protection, strictly follow DOC and take no more actions that may complicate the situation in the East Sea.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged the Syrian government to throw its weight behind the peace plan mediated by international envoy Kofi Annan, saying the Arab nation is "at a crossroads."

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received visiting Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam in Hanoi on Apr. 24.

The Vietnam Post of Telecommunication and Communication (VNPT) has proposed the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) to intervene to rescue telcos.

VietNamNet Bridge – By this moment, it is sure that Vietnam has failed to achieve its goal of winning 30 cards to the Olympic 2012.

Thousands of Italians die each year due to eating disorders, according to a study by the country's health minister.

Facebook and Microsoft announced on Monday that the social network will pay 550 million U. S. dollars in cash to buy a portion of the patent portfolio the software giant recently acquired from AOL.

Students nowadays do not want to study at pedagogical schools to become teachers, even though they do not have to pay tuitions for university study.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the manufacturers, it’s now the turn of retailers, the last link in the supply chain to taste the bitterness of the economic downturn. A lot of retailers have narrowed their business scale or shut down.

Scientists have suggested urgent measures to rescue the Dong Nai River by establishing rules for sustainable production.

Búng Bình Thiên (Binh Thien Lake), which owns the beauty of blue and clear water and the sound of tranquility, appears as a sweet dream

VietNamNet Bridge – Working for foreign families is now a target of many charladies because they can earn as high as directors.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of activities have been underway to prepare for restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOEs), but how will the restructuring be?

A U.S. venture called Planetary Resources, Inc. plans to send swarms of robots to space to scout asteroids for precious metals and set up mines to bring resources back to Earth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Like others, Vietnamese people want to live forever. Recently-discovered secrets about embalmment techniques are evidence for that aspiration.

One of the possibilities under consideration is either helping businesses iron out snags or letting weak enterprises dissolve themselves within the market rules.

Nokia starts work on manufacturing facility in Vietnam; New, highly competitive products named; Vietnam’s forex reserves estimated at $19-20 bln; Losing broker faces delisting threat; Thaco takes 51 per cent of Korean special vehicles maker

VietNamNet Bridge – A dump truck crashed into a passenger train this morning, April 24, in Binh Thuan province. Two carriages were derailed. The truck driver died, stuck in the cabin.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three women died when delivering birth at hospitals in Bac Ninh, Hung Yen and Quang Ngai province during last weekend. The Ministry of Health asked the three provincial departments of health to investigate these cases.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged financial provision to assist   Cambodia   in increasing personnel quality and community adaptation in an effort to mitigate natural disasters. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of guests at a wedding party in the southern province of Binh Duong felt sick when they were served with smelly chicken and a miscellaneous soup. The incident was reported to the local authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign people and students joined hands to clean up the West Lake of Hanoi in the morning of Sunday, April 22, on the occasion of Earth Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – The event opened on April 20 at Grand Plaza center, Hanoi, with the participation of Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers and models. Below are photos of the opening show.

VietNamNet Bridge – The High Command of Chemistry’s experts made a field-trip to Ba To district in the central province of Quang Ngai to learn about the strange skin disease on April 20-21.