After an hour by boat from Nha Trang city, the Noi and Ngoai islands, home to thousands of salanganes, appear on the horizon.

While a worrisome U.S. jobless report and other data have in recent days stirred fears of a double-dip recession, a number of economists said such a scenario is unlikely, rather, the economy will continue to recover,

Norwegian-flagged Viking 2, a 3D seismic conducting vessel, which had its exploration cables damaged by a Chinese ship in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone on Thursday, kept a detailed journal of the events that unfolded.

A 57-year-old man died of E. coli infection in Germany's Frankfurt Thursday, pushing the death toll from the bacteria to 30. The man had traveled with his wife to the city of Hamburg, an epicenter of the outbreak, Frankfurt authority said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The latest reports show that the underground water level in HCM City has fallen to – (minus) 46 meters, while the water reserves in the city have also been decreasing rapidly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides a series of newly issued documents on defining the values of goods, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) says it is considering amending the law on tax management in an effort to combat with the behaviors of “price transfer”.

VietNamNet Bridge – A proposal has been submitted to the Government to establish control forces to protect fisheries in Viet Nam's territorial waters, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of summer clubs for children has forced Hanoian parents to queue up for long hours to register their children for summer courses at centres.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new school curriculum is being planned in an effort to comprehensively revamp the education system, the Ministry of Education and Training said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Faces of Asian Ethnic Groups is the theme of a photo exhibition of a French photographer, which has opened in Hue.

The Flame of Hope, Faith and Love for this summer's Special Olympics World Games Athens 2011 was lit on Thursday at the archaeological site of Pnyx under the Acropolis hill in a ritual ceremony. . .

Billion-dollar FDI projects become quite scarce in the first five months of this year, while a number of mammoth ones licensed earlier have been revoked because of financial incapacity on the part of the investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Photographer Quang Phung has dreamt of showing off his Guom (Sword) Lake photographs for decades.

Disabled athletes win three golds at Dortmund badminton tourney; Karate youth ready themselves for National Clubs Cup; Second world vovinam championship to start; Viet Nam beat Jordan to progress in Olympic qualifiers

VN, Russia to foster closer security ties; Vietnam suggests increasing HIV/AIDS prevention; Fatherland Front delegation visits China

Rabid dogs bite 26 people in Lao Cai; Teen could get 12 years in jail over child rape; Father offers to sell 6-month-old son; Families drop charges against Din Ky staff

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 100 out of 150 universities and 81 out of 226 junior colleges have completed the self-assessment work, a part of the procedure to have schools accredited.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new virus strain that has been blamed for increasing the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year has appeared in central Quang Tri Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Simax Lithography BV, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Simax International BV, on Monday received an investment certificate for developing a semiconductor center at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – The world’s first 3-dimension scientific reportage is about Vietnam’s Son Doong cave and it will be broadcast in 60 countries on June 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - Official development assistance (ODA) from South Korea would be more than doubled to reach US$3 billion by 2015, said South Korea's new Ambassador to Viet Nam Ha Chan Ho yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recent inspections on Ha Noi buses and passenger vehicles, revealed that around 20 per cent did not meet technical safety and environmental protection standards, according to the Viet Nam Registry Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Shrimp farmers in the coastal provinces of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have seen stocks decimated by the worst outbreak of disease in the sector's history.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's riders dominated yesterday's 74km stage from Soc Trang City to Vi Thanh Town in Hau Giang Province during the Return to the Countryside cycling tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the popular 3D TVs priced at 15-20 million dong, the high class products worth hundreds of million dong have been selling well in Vietnam.