VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said yesterday it would check on whether small and medium hydro-electric plants in 15 northern mountainous provinces complied with environmental regulations.

Ha Noi stops building Nguyen Du – Le Duan resettlement area; 3 buses race on bridge, one dead; Tien Giang Province to build 500 storm shelters; HCM City woman stabbed 14 times in public

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has protested over China’s acts of violating the sovereignty and jurisdictional rights of Vietnam and asked that it immediately cease and refrain from recurrence of similar acts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese martial artists will participate in the 2011 World Martial Arts Festival in Chungju, South Korea, today, Aug 9.

Spending over half of a billion dong ($30,000) to go to South Africa for the World Cup, exploring flares at all stadiums where the V-League is held, quitting job to follow his favorite team… That’s the man who is called “Hoan say” (drunken Hoan).

After seven seasons of tangled mysteries, messy marriages and nervous breakdowns, ABC executives and the producers of "Desperate Housewives" announced the eighth and upcoming season would be the show's last,

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo contest on the theme of Vietnamese-Japanese cultural exchange has been launched for both residents and visitors to Hoi An.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending V-League champions Ha Noi T&T will be eyeing top spot when they visit Khanh Hoa tomorrow, Aug 10, for their delayed 13th-round match in the central city of Nha Trang.

Info at stake after virus attacks 85,000 Vietnamese computers; Vietnam to grow genetically modified corn; Software industry challenged by rising human resource costs; Winners of ‘Experiences with Opera web browser’ named  

The gold price soared dramatically yesterday August 8 – the day described as “crazy day”. The State Bank of Vietnam has announced it will grant quotas to import gold to ease the fever. The news has immediately pushed the dollar prices up.

Objection is widespread to plans proposed by the Vietnam Road Administration to impose road fees in an effort to have sufficient capital for the Road Maintenance Fund, though all agree that repairing and upgrading the road system is imperative.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam ’s Sate, National Assembly and Government leaders met separately in Hanoi on August 8 with Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundred of delegates from 25 countries and territories around the world gathered in Hanoi on August 8 for the second International Conference of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin Victims in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry organised a ceremony to hoist the flags of ASEAN and Vietnam in Hanoi on August 8 to mark the 44th founding anniversary of ASEAN and the 16th anniversary of Vietnam’s admission to ASEAN.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are women who fell into adversity: getting married, having baby and knowing their husbands are gays.

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.

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for strengthened nuclear safety after visiting Japan's disaster-hit zone in Fukushima on Monday.

Chair of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Dao Van Hung believes that the current electricity pricing mechanism is not reasonable, because it only benefits rich people and encourages people and enterprises to use energy-wasting equipment.

His Majesty the King endorsed the election of Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's 28th Prime Minister on Monday following the House Speaker's audience.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nam Phan, 28, will be the first Vietnamese-American athlete to compete at the UFC, a mixed martial arts event comprising boxing, Thai muay and karate.

A passenger plane with 36 people aboard skidded off runway in Blagoveshchensk in Russia's Far East on Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured.

The Wall Street opened broadly lower on Monday, the first trading day after Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. triple-A credit rating, with the NASDAQ and The Standard & Poor's 500 tumbling over 2 percent.

“How to turn the marine strategy into reality” is the topic of the talks between VietNamNet and Dr. Chu Hoi, vice chief of the General Department of Sea and Islands and Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Central Economic Management Institute.

Imported goods’ prices drop as dollar depreciates; NA passes tax incentives; Chinese firms get $1.3 bln power plant deal in Vietnam; USD 1.3 bln to build Duyên Hải 3 thermal plant; Vietnam among top gold-consuming countries  

More than 1,500 people were evacuated Monday from a clothes market in Russia's Samara city for a bomb threat, reported Interfax news agency.