VietNamNet Bridge – Producers of illegal and counterfeit pesticides, users, and society should realise that these products are severely affecting farmers, the environment, and food safety, experts said.

Lao officials join Party organisation course; Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening ties with China; Vietnam, Irish parliaments seek stronger links; Cao Dai followers celebrate sect’s grand ritual

Power shortages are expected to hit the remaining months of the year, according to the general director of Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), Pham Le Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Goods Transport Association wants the police to break up the gangs scattering nails and other sharp objects on roads ostensibly to earn money from fixing punctured tyres.

Head coach Falko Goetz said that he could not promise top results at the Southeast Asia Games when the U23 team gathers in HCM City's Thanh Long Sports Centre to prepare for the HCM City International Football Tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Education and Training is drafting a national plan that aims to integrate the topic of HIV/AIDS prevention across several school subjects between 2011-15.

A shortage of quality human resources has stymied the development of information and communication technology in Viet Nam despite its vast potential.

National badminton event to kick off in Thai Nguyen; Golfers eye finals berth at VCCI Challenge Series; Minh defeated in Chinese Taipei Open semi-finals; Archers set for national championship in Ha Noi

Suzuki Motor Corporation on Monday said it will seek to end a 20-month old alliance with German automaker Volkswagen AG, as the tie-up has yielded no results.

Ngo Quang Nam’s watercolours exhibited in Hanoi; Photos capture beauty of Hue ancient imperial city; Vietnam Stage Day to be marked in HCM City; HCMC to build more entertainment parks for children; Da Lat revives native wild flowers   

Textile and garment sector eyes alternative markets; BIDV to join stock market this year; Logistics industry faces challenges to integration; Mazut oil imports won't be tax-exempt, says Deputy PM; New rules for firms in fuel trade

Though having prepared ideologically for paying big sums of money at the beginning of the new academic year, a lot of parents still have got shocked by the sky high fees set by schools.

Persistent rainfall in Kien Giang Province of the Mekong delta in the last few days combined with high tide has inundated hundreds of hectares of summer-winter rice crops. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Concerns have been raised about the feasibility of the proposed housing fund for low-income earners.

First in six years, Russia and the United Kingdom resumed top-level talks here on Monday, but leaders from the two countries still remained divided on certain issues.

The underdevelopment of supporting industries in Vietnam has been cited as the reason why foreign investors develop their multi-million dollar projects in other regional countries, instead of Vietnam.

The resort industry has developed for few years and is still a potential market, but the area of growth does not have a general plan of future development and lacks professional investors, experts say.

The three-day Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) exhibition opened Friday in the Flower Garden Hirschstetten in Vienna, with the aim to introduce traditional Chinese medicine to the Austrians

European network operators, who have been pioneering in applying 4G technology, incline towards choosing 1800 MHz waveband, while Vietnamese Viettel believes that the 700 MHz waveband would be more suitable to the current conditions of Vietnam.

An explosion at the Marcoule nuclear site in the south of France on Monday killed one person and injured four others, local media reported.

Former chief Cabinet secretary Yukio Edano will become Japan's new industry minister, replacing Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned after making insensitive remarks over people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis,

The worst is over for Vietnam’s economy but the macroeconomic situation remains fragile, warned the National Financial Supervisory Commission in its latest report.

VietNamNet Bridge – Not very far from a rice field which is in the harvest time, the Arun Bopea casino appears outstandingly. Behind its door, more than 200 gamblers, most of Vietnamese, are shouting around a cock-fighting ground.

A number of local and foreign airlines have announced to discount fares for their flights between Vietnam and other destinations in a move to beef up bookings after the summer holiday.

Digital printing would develop strongly in future, replacing offset printing and opening up opportunities not only for Vietnamese but also foreign firms, an industry expert told a conference in HCM City earlier this week.