All candidates of France's presedential election have cast their votes by 12 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) on Sunday in the first round of the election, as the voting is underway and will continue until 8 p.m. (1800 GMT).

A victim died and dozens of others are still in hospital one day after the train collision in the Netherlands, Dutch News Agency ANP said on Sunday.

The Department of Disaster Mitigation and Prevention on Sunday announced drought disaster zones in 42 out of 77 provinces across Thailand.

Tourists often come to Dong Hoi District in Quang Binh Province for one reason – the magnificent Luy Thay (Master Rampart) on the Nhat Le River.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Ho Van Dieu in Quynh Luu district, the central province of Nghe An, has voluntarily taken students crossing the National Highway 1A for eight years.

Despite the great potentials, Vietnamese fruits still have to go on a tough road to reach the world market.

This is not the right time for secondary investors to join the present dreary realty market as the central bank’s latest loosened credit policy will bring about a psychological impact only, insist market observers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tan My village in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has several tens of houses, but it has a “ghost city” with hundreds of splendid tombs, which are worth several billion dong each.

Developing countries are lagging far behind World Bank nutrition targets amid a spike in global food prices, according to a report released Friday by the World Bank.

When Tri Nam Company unveiled its Bipad 9 tablet at a price of VND1.98 million (US$95) last month, the market heard that PI Viet Nam would soon introduce its PI E002 tablet at VND1.8 million.

While lumberjacks illegally attack forests throughout the country, they do not dare to set foot on the forests in Khau Tinh commune of Na Hang district in Tuyen Quang province.

William Hague will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 24-25 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh.

The Viet Nam High Equality Education for All report was released this morning aimed at providing deeper analysis into the performance of domestic primary and secondary schooling during 1992-2008.

It was well worth the rather rough and tortuous journey to reach our destination and once we reached Cat Ba Island, right on cue the sunset arrived in all its glory.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Craig Thomas Gallery, 27i Tran Nhat Duat, District 1, HCM City is displaying “Crazy People”, an exhibition dedicated to artist Bui Thanh Tam, from 26 April to 17 May.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are around 22 species of pheasants in Vietnam. VietNamNet introduces some pictures of species of pheasants in Vietnam.

The ceiling deposit interest rate has been slashed to 12 percent per annum from 13 percent. However, as the production remains stagnant, the 15-17 percent credit growth rate may be unattainable.

VietNamNet Bridge – Small ads offering virginity have become quite popular on the Internet recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past 27 years, Mr. Pham Duy in Don Village, in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has saved more than 550 people who were bitten by snakes.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has secured over 430 billion dollars in addition to its resources, as the group of 20 advanced countries and emerging countries pledged to beef up the Fund's financial capacity on Friday.

Quang Binh hopes to develop tourism as a result of the discovery of eight new caves in Phong Nha- Ke Bang National Park, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ky has said.

Members of NA Standing Committee yesterday discussed ways to implement the socio-economic development plan for the rest of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every day, people of Trieu Khuc village, Hanoi, go to markets to collect chicken and duck feathers. Through the hands of Trieu Khuc villagers, that waste is exported and used to make brooms.