The HCM City Pasteur Institute will carry out the final phase of clinical tests on a vaccine against dengue fever next month.

Homosexuality has been mentioned in Vietnam for a decade. Though it is not officially recognized, “the third world” has become a part of the Vietnamese society. However, it would be a long way for homosexual marriage to be recognized by the law.

Council set up for Ho Chi Minh, State Awards; Mid-Autumn Festival 2011 brings delight to Hanoi’s Old Quarter; Photo festival extolls beauty of Red River Delta provinces; Young writers to receive more support

Viet Nam's top leaders visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Ha Noi yesterday and laid wreaths to commemorate war martyrs on the occasion of the country's 66th National Day today.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Nguyen Dynasty has left the ancient Hue citadel as a relic which is recognized as the world cultural heritage and also invaluable treasures.

While the foreign investment inflow does not prosper this year, the flow from Japan in the first half of 2011 rose to nearly $500 million of registered capital, with 85 projects, ranking fourth among the largest investors in Vietnam.

Province calls for investment in 31 projects; Over VND100 bil allocated for agricultural encouragement in 2011-2015; FDI reaches over US$9.5 billion in eight months; PV Shipyard to build 2nd Vietnam-made rig soon  

Silicone breast implants are safe, according to the chief scientist for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices.

There is nothing romantic about this new front, void as it is of moral struggles. In naval conflicts, unless there is shelling onshore, there are no victims per se; nor is there a philosophical enemy to confront.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) and President Nguyen Tan Sang (R) lead a delegation of high-ranking officials to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi Thursday.

The deadly bird flu virus has returned in a mutant strain with unpredictable risks to human health, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on Monday.

Dang Duc Dung has spent nearly 25 years collecting Vietnamese ancient coins. He now owns an invaluable collection of coins which prompts him to write books to tell the country’s history.

High tide to cross danger levels in HCM City; Ovarian stimulation can have serious side-effects: doctors; Olympiad winners, university students honored; Gov’t orders tight control of chemical substances; Ten businesses sued for social insurance 

Apple lost another iPhone prototype at a Bay Area bar, according to media reports Thursday.

Though applauding the decision by the State Bank of Vietnam to require higher compulsory reserve ratio for foreign currency deposits, bankers still have doubts that the decision would be able to ease the demand for dollar loans.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of universities have been found in exploiting the mode of training to seek money, by imposing sky high fees on the students who get low marks from university entrance exams.

Two Vietnamese firms have become official members of the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), a WWF-led partnership aimed at building an international market for environmentally responsible forestry products.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the only Vietnamese football player who received a scholarship for a three-year course at the Aspire Football Institute in Qatar, Nguyen Thai Sung has passed half of the road, with obvious improvement.

Media company launches advertising contest; Canon’s annual photo contest opens; Week-long Indian food festival at Sofitel Saigon; Famous DJs come to town; Vietnam’s cultural week in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – In a five-storey house, Mr. Hung is passionately making iron-made toy boats. This is the only remaining family that makes toys for Mid-autumn Festival in Khuong Ha, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artworks of five Vietnamese artists have been nominated for the second triennial Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011, in Singapore.

Vietnam will need about 1,500 to 2,000 pilots by 2020, according to the aviation industry’s development strategy by 2020, prompting an urgent need for training of this human resource.

Coming to Can Tho City, a quiet area that tourists should not ignore is Binh Thuy Communal House, known in the past as Long Tuyen Communal House.

Algeria would hand over Muammar Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court if the embattled Libyan leader attempted to enter the North African country, Algerian local media reported Tuesday.

Real estate trading floors, which once mushroomed in the golden age, now have to shut down in masses because of the lackluster real estate market.