VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) reached the finals for the second time in a row at the National Cup after beating Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) 2-1 in the semifinal yesterday at Vinh Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge - Central Thua Thien Hue Province's People's Committee plans to invest over VND23 billion (US$1.1 million) to host National Tourism Year 2012.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh beat Indian P Kasyap 24-22, 17-21, 22-20 to qualify for the men's singles third round at Yonex Badminton World Federation (BWF) Championship in London, England, last night.

VietNamNet Bridge –The arts troupe of the International Children's Creative Camp Nuckids 2011 will visit Viet Nam on August 14-18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 403,000 blood units were collected nationwide in the first six months of this year, accounting for about 53 per cent of this year's target, reports National Steering Committee of Voluntary Blood Donation.

Current tensions over the East Sea began in 2009 after the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf set a deadline for submitting claims for extended continental shelves beyond UNCLOS’s 200 nautical miles.

He has traveled to Vietnam several times in the last 12 years with his family but until 2012, the relations between Zoedonne, a former member of the Australian national rowing team, and the Vietnamese rowing squad began.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in a commune in southern Kien Giang Province have improved agricultural production after learning about climate change, scientists said at a conference held by the Mekong River Commission recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi is leading at the national Billiards & Snooker Championships with three gold medals and three silvers, while HCM City is second with two gold medals and one silver.

The government just green-lighted Vietnam’s human resources development planning for 2011-2020. National Assembly’s Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and Teenage deputy chairman Nguyen Minh Thuyet talks about its planning.

Nokia is planning to stop selling its low-end phones and smartphones in the United States, instead focusing on products using Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.

The information about the plan by Indian Fortis Healthcare to buy 50 percent of stakes of the Vietnamese Hoan My Healthcare Group could be the start for a new wave of foreign investors, injecting capital in the healthcare sector in Vietnam.

The Taliban militants who shot down a U.S. military helicopter in Afghanistan, leaving 30 U.S. and eight Afghan soldiers dead, have been killed by coalition forces, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s police on August 9 transmitted investigation results of an internal organ trading ring to the local People’s Procuracy.

The Mayor of Nagasaki on Tuesday urged for increased use of renewable energies in Japan to replace nuclear power at a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city.

VietNamNet would like to introduce the third part of our round-table talks with Dr. Nguyen Chu Hoi and Dr. Tran Dinh Thien about Vietnam’s marine economy.

A new technology can tell pregnant women whether they're having a boy or girl as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy -- months earlier than usual, according to media reports Wednesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that a fight back is underway and a more robust approach resulted in calmer streets in London.

China’s high costs drive outsourcing orders to VN; Power prices could rise by 44% next decade; Vietnam’s export turnover a record high; Ministry urges State to watch commercial agents; Problems over land-use cost to be settled 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tiger Champions 2011 football festival opened on August 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, with the presence of former Dutch football star Edgar Davis’ Street Legends, a team and two cheerleaders from Australia.

VietNamNet Bridge – People founded universities all have voiced the same concern--that they would be eliminated from the university system in Vietnam; saying that they are dying slowly because of no student to enroll.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 30 sand paintings featuring high-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap by artists from Y Lan Sand Painting Company are now displayed in HCM City to celebrate his 100th birthday (August 25).

Vietnamese novel hits Thai bookshelves; City hosts Vietnamese, Korean concert; Vietnamese artist receives Dutch award; Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange in Hoi An; Moon Garden dance show comes to Hanoi; Two model contests kicked off  

VietNamNet Bridge – One third of interviewed young people say they witnessed corruption related to healthcare, traffic police and business, but 40 percent of them did not denounce corruption acts.

Quang Liem has performed very well at most prestigious chess tournaments in the world. He is the symbol and pride of Vietnamese chess. Like talents in other fields, the road to success of this super-grand master was very rocky.