VietNamNet Bridge – Solid houses have been built for nearly 9,000 of 240,000 poor households in the Mekong Delta provinces as the first step to eliminating make-shift houses in the area, the programme's Steering Committee

VietNamNet Bridge – Co-operation in combating the drug trade along the East-west Economic Corridor topped discussions between Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand at a conference which opened in central Quang Tri Province today, Aug 17.

VietNamNet Bridge –Young cyclist Le Van Dong won the third stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tour-An Giang Plant Protection Cup yesterday, Aug 16.

Vietnamese scientists are moving ahead with the projects on using insects to kill pests. The very normal living beings like bees, ladybugs, stinkbugs, or dragonflies have been used to kill pests to help develop agricultural production.

Four friends join forces at Tu Do; Project aims for better conservation of Old Quarter; Vietnam holds cultural weeks in Russia, Ukraine; Sculptures on show at Museum of Fine Arts; Missile Cave recognized as historical remains

VietNamNet Bridge – It's Friday afternoon. A group of young men sit quietly on their motorbikes or on benches at a corner of the September 23 Park in the heart of HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2006, Vu Thi Nguyet Anh brought fame to Vietnam when she won the valuable gold medal for Vietnam at the Asian Games (Asiad) in Qatar. Now, the former Asiad champion is abandoned with injuries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Erosion of riverbanks in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta poses a serious threat this year, experts warn.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam tourism tries its best to lure more Japanese tourists, especially after the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March this year have abated.

The climate change has caused saltwater infiltration into the Mekong River Delta, which has been threatening the aquatic and agricultural gene resources of the biggest rice grainary.

Becoming a geography teacher to teach students about marine and island sovereignty or joining the army to defend the country, are the ideas of the most excellent university graduates in 2011.

Almost one in four Chinese students aged between 12 and 14 have tried smoking, according to the results of a survey released by the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (CATC).

Steelmakers face falling demand; Fortis to buy 65 pct stake in Vietnam hospital chain for $64 mln; 1 percent inflation forecast for August; Property faces a taxing issue; HCM City bourse to extend trading hours in February 

American senator Jim Webb, who recently submitted to the US Congress a bill related to the East Sea, will visit Vietnam from August 20 to 24.

The Chinese government’s unilateral ban of fishing in the East Sea, arresting foreign fishermen, using patrol ships to supervise the sea is like the acts of an emperor who sees everything in this world as his assets.

British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday promised to mend Britain's "broken society" during his first set-piece speech since the riots which struck London and other English cities last week.

The debt burden of Vietnam is increasing rapidly, both in terms of debt amount and debt repayment obligations.

The four top teams of the national final round of the Tiger Champions 2011 will compete with four teams from France, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia.

US singer Anthony H.Brown could not hold back his tears when he saw child victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Quang Ngai province in the morning of August 15.

Facebook and Yahoo on Monday started to test "six degrees of separation," an iconic social experiment in the 1960s that showed everyone is on average approximately six steps away from any other person on earth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Incidents and confrontations at sea pose a major challenge to peace and security in Indo-Pacific Asia.

Both state owned and private run nursery schools are seriously lacking teachers, which has forced them to hurry to look for teachers, “laying out the red carpet” to welcome teaching staff.

Serena Williams won the Toronto WTA title, her first back-to-back in three years, on Sunday by beating Samantha Stosur from Australia 6-4, 6-2, paving her way to play US Open, which starts in two weeks' time.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Posts and Communications Group (VNPT) is in desperate need of $350 million to invest in its Vinasat-2 satellite project.

In only three months, up to 15 new telepathic centers that seek lost remains of martyrs were established in Nghe An province in central Vietnam. The local authorities also record 13 cases of mental illness after seeking lost tombs by this method.