Beauty of life in central Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Old temples, towers, young couples, young girls in ao dai… are beautiful moments captured by photographers which are introduced at the Photo Exhibition of the Central and Central Highland Regions.

Professional golf through the eyes of Vietnam’s pioneer golfer

VietNamNet Bridge – There are only two professional golf players in Vietnam: Tran Le Duy Bac in the south and Nguyen Thai Duong in the north.

Banks begin to ease lending rates

Bank lending interest rates in HCM City have dropped to as low as 17 per cent as banks have begun to cut rates that had reached up to 25 per cent.

Tourism enjoys a booming year

A workshop on capital assistance for Vietnam-Italy joint ventures to strengthen cooperative opportunities and investment between the two countries’ businesses took place on Thursday in Hanoi.

Top seed Minh on track to win VN Grand Prix Open

VietNamNet Bridge – Top seed Nguyen Tien Minh is on track at the HCM City Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Grand Prix Open after his victory yesterday, Aug 25, at the Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium.

Businesses keep pessimistic about supporting industry development

Despite the encouragement by the government and the investment incentives, Vietnam still cannot develop supporting industries, the thing which is believed to play a key role in the national economic development.

Cream of crop seek to shine at Games qualifier

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top five gymnasts are set to compete at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo on October 7-16, announced the Viet Nam Gymnastics Federation.

Animated streets for night carousals in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s most dynamic city, HCM City, is nearly sleepless with streets of overnight restaurants.

12 killed in hotel blast in Pakistan

At least 12 people including two soldiers were killed and 17 others injured in a blast that hit a hotel in Pakistan's northwest city of Nowshera on Thursday night, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.

US comments on detained persons wrong, unsuitable

VietNamNet Bridge – The comment made by a US Embassy spokesperson raising concern over the temporary detention of several persons on August 21 in Ha Noi was wrong and unsuitable.

Nokia case signals hard approach

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government has shown it will not play favourites by once again going slow on Nokia’s request for generous investment incentives.

President welcomes five new ambassadors

President Truong Tan Sang yesterday affirmed that Viet Nam would create favourable conditions for ambassadors to fulfil their tasks while receiving newly appointed ambassadors from China, Laos, Mexico, Turkey and Switzerland.

Sudan names honorary consul

VietNamNet Bridge – The Sudanese Ambassador to Viet Nam, Adil Ibrahim Mustafa Ahmed, yesterday, Aug 25, inaugurated his nation's honorary consulate in HCM City and introduced the honorary consul, a Vietnamese national.

Universities offer cash awards to lure students

Anticipating that there would not be many students to enroll, non-state universities have been trying to lure students by offering scholarships and awards.

Titanium exploitation killing preventive forests

VietNamNet Bridge – The revenue of the state budget from the titanium exploitation proves to be negligible compared to the expenses to be spent later, to regenerate the environment which gets deformed in the exploited areas, experts say.

Foreign capital seeking domestic software firms

A lot of big information technology firms are planning to join the Vietnamese market by teaming up with small Vietnamese software firms.

Professional security devices at Secutech Vietnam exhibition

VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth Secutech Vietnam exhibition on safety technology and devices is held at the Saigon Exhibition and Fair Centre from August 24 to 26.

Russia's space industry may face overhaul after cargo ship crash

A Russian Progress cargo ship crashed into Siberia after failing to reach the right orbit Wednesday. The crash marked the second failure in space launch in less than a week and the third in this year,

New CEO Tim Cook: Apple not to change

Apple's new chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook on Thursday sent a company-wide email, assuring employees that the technology giant is going to be the same under his leadership as it was under Steve Jobs, U.S. media reported.

Vietnamese businesses keep indifferent to ASEAN distribution chains

The ASEAN Federation of Textile Industries (AFTEX) has developed nearly 20 textile and garment distribution chains so far. Meanwhile, Vietnam has had only three enterprises joining the chains.

Nguyen Dynasty’s antiques on display

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 450 antiques of the Nguyen Dynasty from the 17th to 20th centuries and instruments of the southern delta are exhibited at an exhibition, held at the General Scientific Library in HCM City.

Unasur foreign ministers fail to reach consensus on Libya

Foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) failed to reach consensus on the issue of Libya at a special meeting here Wednesday, despite long-time discussions.

Google to pay $500 mln over online drug ads

Online search engine Google Inc. has agreed to pay 500 million U.S. dollars to settle claims that it allowed online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements targeting consumers in the United States, U

More students look to US for grad school

For Duan Can, a graduate in electronic engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology, a half year of work on an graduate-school application has brought offers to attend three leading US universities.

Common bacterium stops mosquitoes from transmitting dengue virus: study

Strains of a bacterium commonly found in fruit flies can prevent the Aedes aegypti mosquito from transmitting the virus that causes dengue fever, researchers have found. Their discovery could lead to a more effective way to control dengue