Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Navy Colonel Nguyen Van Kiem has attended the 18th International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco as an observer.

With five coal-run thermopower plants under construction, PetroVietnam alone would need 18 million tons of coal, of which 13 million tons would be imported. By 2020, Vietnam would need 48 million tons of coal imports a year.

The Internet contributes 0.9 percent to total Vietnam’s GDP and 1.6 percent to the country’s total 14.4 percent GDP growth.

All the coffee brands have to compete fiercely with each other to scramble for the pieces of the cake.

The buffalo is a familiar animal to the Vietnamese, not just in farming, but also in the folk festivals that are common during spring.

VietNamNet Bridge – Walking for half of a day to a kermis to sell several soapberries, a pack of tea, several chickens, a basket of snails or a jar of pickled vegetables… is perhaps seen in mountain kermises in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Strikes have become popular in Vietnam. Most strikes breake out in provinces and cities in the southern key economic region and at foreign invested enterprises.

VAT refund scheme should be fully implemented; Industrial output hits two-year low; Chinese plums with cancer-causing additives rife in HCMC; Numbers of 3G users skyrockets; Local firm supplies content for LG Smart TVs

VietNamNet Bridge – Awakened by the sounds of birds and frogs in the early morning after escaping from the rapid pace of city life, I started my new day in Ba Be National Park, a massive nature reserve in the northern province of Bac Kan

Emperor’s Night; Oliver Twist in Vietnam; Concert with Notos Quartett; Music Night with Jeans Team; Hanoi Flea Market #2; Opera “Dido and Aeneas”; Screening of “Exploring the Misterious Land of Black Lo lo Ethnic Minority” '

Credit supply at affordable lending rates is considered a necessary measure to stimulate the property market, but beyond capital supply, the market also needs a liberal environment with improper regulations removed, experts said.

“Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) is considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature because it not only has cultural value but also goes into the life as well as cultural consciousness of Vietnamese people.

As many as 16% of listed firms on Vietnam’s stock markets incurred losses in 2011, with the results blamed on incompetent leadership.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four types of modified trucks are to be refused from being granted their certificates for operation because of overloading highways, damaging roads and other safety risks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Through skillful hands of men in Binh Yen commune in Thach That district, Hanoi, insentient laterite rocks become artworks that are eternal with time.

VietNamNet Bridge – Already looking older than his 42 years, Nguyen Van Quy has unsettled his younger colleagues by coughing ceaselessly throughout the day.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, have finalized a plan to move 1,800 households in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to the Viet Hung residential area in Long Bien district from now to 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Criminal activities in Viet Nam had been getting more and more sophisticated and difficult to control in recent years, with transnational and foreign-related cases on the increase, said Pham Quy Ngo,

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists from the HCM City Agriculture-Forestry University have discovered vanilla orchids in Khanh Hoa province, central Vietnam. This is the first time this species is found in Vietnam.

In big cities, children have many choices for the summer holiday. Meanwhile, in rural areas, parents feel worried that their children would have nowhere to play.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the New7Wonders on April 27 presented the symbol of new world natural wonder to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and Chairman of Quang Ninh province at a ceremony in Hanoi.

Ninh Binh Province has many beautiful landscapes that can surprise tourists on their first visit, with the most famous sight Tam Coc (Tree Caves).

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Ngoc Hung in the central province of Nghe An unexpectedly discovered his special ability - free from electric shock – when a 220V electric wire fell onto his neck.

War veterans who once served in the Joint Military Group at Davis Camp held a get-together in Hanoi on April. 28 to recall the days when they were involved in the diplomatic struggle amid the enemy’s den demanding the US side observe...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Da nang International Firework Festival opened on the evening of April 29, on the Han River. The three first teams from Vietnam, China and Canada had impressive performances.