Dong Nai Province will spend VND40 billion installing four automatic monitors for industrial wastewater and two for exhaust emissions, aiming to control pollution at industrial parks and residential areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Acupuncture has been used to relieve pain in Vietnam for a very long time, but until recently, scientists have proved that electric acupuncture makes the increase of beta-endorphin, a morphine that kills pain.

VietNamNet Bridge – From now to 2015, HCM City will give a bonus of VND1 million ($50) and a two-year health insurance to those who perform sterilization, instead of VND700,000 ($35).

VietNamNet Bridge – The winner of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011, Hoang Thuy, has been invited to attend the 19th Top Model of the World in Dortmund, Germany from March 1 to 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eight provincial chairs have been criticized by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for making wrong reports of losses caused by natural calamity in 2009, and wrongly using the state budget for victims of natural calamity.

While the apartment projects in the suburbs are turning into hospitals, schools and hotels, the shopping mall projects in the central districts are turning into apartments.

VietNamNet Bridge - This family name of Vietnam is among the most ten common family names in the world. Nguyen is the surname of around 40 percent of Vietnam’s population, according to Theworldgeography.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) has stated to continue lodging complaints against the 20-year telecast deal between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and AVG Group.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2001 less than 10 per cent of 150 housing projects in Ha Noi with a total of 183,000 flats and private houses have been granted land use rights or house ownership certificates,

Vietnam supports UNESCO’s reform; HCMC museum showcases dragon ao dai; Artistic postcard, photo exhibit to open; Traditional religious dance costumes restored; Pakistani films to be screened in Ha Noi

The central province of Quang Nam became the twelfth province declaring H5N1 bird flu as pandemic in two communes, after provincial authorities were compelled to destroy hundreds of infected water fowl. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has ordered the Ministry of Transport to complete all sections of the National Highway No 1 from Ha Noi to Can Tho by the end of 2016.

State regulations banning price quotations and transactions in foreign currencies is hurting travel firms.

A thousand year-old lim (iron wood) forest in Son Tay Township on the suburbs of Ha Noi is in the throes of being consumed by parasites, local authorities claim.

The U.S. economy expanded at a quicker pace in the previous quarter than earlier estimate, and was expected to gain momentum this year, but the U.S. central bank chief cautioned that the recovery still faced a set of challenges.

The Prime Minister has ordered the Ministry of Transport to complete all sections of the National Highway No 1 from Ha Noi to Can Tho by the end of 2016.

In May of this year Vietnam will see ten records officially recognized by the Asian Records Council, reported the Vietnam Records Centre on Feb. 20.

A consultation workshop regarding HIV/AIDS organised by the Centre for Community Health and Development and the Irish Aid programme of the Government of Ireland was held yesterday morning in the capital.

VietNamNet Bridge – The European Vovinam Championships will take place from March 2-4 in Italy with the participation of 258 athletes from 11 countries, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France.

49 Son La households to move to safe areas; Ten Vietnam records recognized by Asian Council; UNHCR assists ethnic people in Dak Lak; Kien Giang denies globefish caused deaths; Japanese firms offer transport scholarships

Vietnam has attracted multi-billion dollar projects into the hi-tech industries by offering big investment incentives.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre will apply new entrance ticket prices for local and foreign visitors to the city's historical sites from this month.

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday allotted over half a trillion euros to 800 banks in its second three-year longer term refinancing operation (LTRO).

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have gathered at the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi for a three-day international colloquium intended to develop an overview of Vietnamese culture from the Stone Age to the present.

VietNamNet Bridge – Shop owners in Ha Noi show little interest in buying fire insurance, leaving the capital's crowded markets at risk.