The six countries that used to engage in Iran nuclear talks on Thursday called on Iran to enter fresh dialogues "without preconditions."

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has approved a Transport Department proposal to lift the ban on parking by all vehicles on the pavements of some streets in the inner city to meet the overwhelming demand for parking spaces.

The solar storm that struck Earth's magnetic field early Thursday morning is not as strong as scientists feared, a U.S. physicist said.

Photographic exhibition on street-front houses; Vietnam teams up with regional filmmakers; Experimental play at Youth Theater today; City stylist launches ao dai photo exhibition; Hanoi to feature Korean version of Romeo and Juliet for kids    

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Pham Minh Tuan, Chairman of TOPICA Education, is the sole Vietnamese among 192 people who are recognized as Young Global Leaders in 2012, by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Three noted fashion designers in Vietnam – Thuan Viet, Truong Thanh Hai and Hoang Hai – will introduce their new designs at a fashion show on March 13, at the Intercontinental Asiana Saigon Hotel in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Garment companies have voiced their worry that the target of 19 billion dollars worth of export turnover in 2012 could be an “impossible mission,” for many reasons.

Experts on Wednesday discussed the merits and demerits of at least four dyke and sluice gate solutions that have been proposed to help HCM City deal with increasingly frequent flooding that it has faced over the past few years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The third type A/H5N1 patient in Vietnam has left hospital while a new patient has been confirmed.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday chaired a meeting to review five years of implementation of Resolution No.3 to enhance the Party leadership, tackle corruption and extravagance and discuss the Law on Anti-Corruption.

As of 2014, those who earn less than VND6 million will not have to pay personal income tax, says the Ministry of Finance.

The US Department of Commerce on March 8 announced its final decision on the seventh preliminary results of administrative review (POR7) for anti-dumping duties on tra fish fillets imported from Vietnam.

 S Korea targets VN visitors; British cruise ship to visit; Tourism authority to open in Tokyo; Vietravel offers Mauritius package; Last-minute tour deals on offer

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of films reflecting various modern life cultural and social issues will be screened as part of the UNESCO Culture and Development Week.

Cao Dai Bach Y sect holds five-year meet; Korean language tests open to labourers; Youth released in rape case arrested again; WB provides additional aid to rural transport project

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Lop county in Hotan of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:50 a.m. Friday, the China Earthquake Network Center said.

The HCM City Taxation Department has found some signs of Vietnamese companies lending a hand to international social networks, such as Google, Facebook and YouTube, to evade tax or to make wrong declarations about the tax sums to pay.

A mass shooting on Thursday at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, U.S. state of Pennsylvania, has killed two people and wounded seven others, according to a report by local TV station WPXI-TV.

The UN and Arab League's special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan urged an immediate end of violence in the country and stressed the ultimate solution to the crisis lies in a political settlement.

VietNamNet Bridge – About half of the known 4.5 million diabetes patients in Viet Nam have never been properly diagnosed or treated, reports the National Hospital of Endocrinology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed yesterday, March 8, that the development of education and vocational training was one of the most important policies for Viet Nam's transition to an industrial country by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – The French Embassy in Viet Nam and local authorities in Can Tho held a ceremony on Wednesday to officially open 12 hydro-meteorological observation stations located along the Mekong River

Young players grab bronze trophy; SG Heat take revenge in Singapore; VN athletes to compete in aerobics

VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called Human Rights Act provides completely inaccurate and biased information about Vietnam’s implementation of human rights issues.

 The number of life jackets on tourist boats accommodating guests overnight must be twice the number of passengers on board, according to the draft of a circular to be issued by the Ministry of Transport.