VietNamNet Bridge – The Dak Lak People's Committee has set up a management unit to protect one of the two or three communities of yew-trees in Viet Nam facing risk of extinction.

Court sentences 2 men to death for murder; Project to help ex-addicts with HIV; Father, son arrested for faking diplomas, seals; One dies in Ha Tinh bus accident

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to curb cross-border smuggling by applying strict controls on the transport and sale of petrol in border areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Ly was escorted back to prison yesterday to continue serving his sentence under the March 30, 2007 verdict of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial People's Court.

A Norwegian court on Monday ordered eight weeks of detention for 32-year-old Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik charged for killing more than 90 people in Friday's bombing and shooting rampage, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Culture lovers can look forward to eight unique, modern and innovative cultural projects with an emphasis on a variety of subjects such as visual art, traditional and modern music,

VietNamNet Bridge – The children's book market in Viet Nam has grown quickly, giving kids the chance to enjoy a wide range of titles from around the world, but this rapid expansion has become problematic for publishing houses.

VN win street footie silver medal; Youth set for karatedo comp; Junior football tourney heats up

VietNamNet Bridge - Some farmers in a Mekong Delta province have invented an innovative and simple cable carrier system to transport goods and people cross the canal.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Singapore embassy in Vietnam has given scholarships worth a total of US$702,000 to six students in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hosts HCM City took the most medals at the ninth International Clubs Taekwondo Championships which wrapped up at Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium yesterday, July 25.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty nine users of radio-active energy had violated safety procedures, according to inspector Tran Minh Dung from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Southern Tay Ninh Province, in cooperation with three Cambodian counterparts, have managed to demarcate 88 per cent of a 240km shared border.

The death toll from a high-speed train crash in east China's Zhejiang Province has risen to 39.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of three- to five-star hotels in HCM City has nearly doubled in the last three years to 73 with a total of 9,700 rooms, the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre said yesterday, July 15, that a tropical low pressure system had formed in the East Sea and was likely to become a storm as it gathered strength.

CPI sharp increases in the last few months have been blamed on Chinese businessmen who have flocked to Vietnam to collect farm produce. However, experts have pointed out that the main reason behind the problem is the mismanagement.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has a big “gold mine” – the heritage – which is very attractive to travelers. However, Vietnam’s tourism industry still does now how to exploit the mine.

VietNamNet Bridge –For centuries, communal wells have held a special meaning for the Vietnamese people.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local and foreign golf course developers are ready to tee off following a key Ministry of Planning and Investment proposal.

Striker Diego Forlan scored twice to lead World Cup semifinalists Uruguay to beat Paraguay 3-0 on Sunday for a record 15th Copa America win.

VietNamNet Bridge – A feasibility study on the construction of a 257-km railway linking Cambodia and Viet Nam shows it will cost at least US$686 million, according to the Phnom Penh Post.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wind energy is expected to play an important part in the Government's plan to increase the share of renewable energy from 2.5 per cent in 2008 to 5 per cent in 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ha Noi Department of Transport will send a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to increase the minimum age of taxi drivers from 18 to 21.

VietNamNet Bridge –The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion launched an event named "Street of blood donation" for the first time on Le Loi Street, Ha Dong District, Ha Noi, last weekend.