High grade tourism services have been thought, by default, as the services reserved only for VIP foreign travelers. However, this perception has changed since tour organizers have realized the high potentials from the domestic market.

Pregnant moms who take DHA supplements may help fortify the immune system of their babies and give them some protection against common colds, a new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Vovinam Federation's 2nd World Vovinam Championships closed in Vietnam on July 31.

VietNamNet Bridge - The announcement on July 27 that China had refitted an old Soviet-era aircraft carrier was likely timed for diplomatic advantage in territorial negotiations over the East Sea.

Over three months since the legendary turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake was treated in a tank, a second old turtle has not appeared.

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators and experts have rung the alarm bell over the degrading of social sciences, warning that Vietnamese students have become more and more diverged from social sciences.

Construction of a 12km road linking the Noi Bai International Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, began on August 1.

Banking giant HSBC said Monday it would cut about 25,000 jobs globally by 2013, despite a better-than-expected performance in the first half of this year.

Big institutional investors have become too tired of Vietnam’s stock market, which can be seen in the big offered discounts, while more and more capital withdrawal plans have been drawn up.

Shizuka Ikeda, the second runner-up of Miss International Friendship 2010 will be a special guest at the sole national beauty contest in Vietnam in 2010 – Miss Ethnic Vietnamese pageant.

Scientists have discovered oxygen molecules in deep space in a region of the Orion nebula, some 1,500 light years from the Earth, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday.

The Criminal Court on Tuesday morning decided to grant bails for two core Red-shirt leaders Jatuporn Prompan and Nisit Sinthuprai.

VietNamNet Bridge –Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a detailed plan for the construction of a new ring road for Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 400 participants gathered at the HCM City Children's House last Sunday to attend the first robot contest for children aged 8-15.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Department of Information and Communication of Hanoi has for the first time made public the rating of IT application in state agencies and offices in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Supreme People's Court said that it would hold a hearing today for Cu Huy Ha Vu's appeal against a prison sentence for "conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam".

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of rice exporters complain that they are incurring big losses because the domestic rice prices have been increasing more sharply than the export prices.

The U.S. House of Representatives Monday passed a last-ditch bipartisan debt ceiling plan to avert a looming debt default crisis.

Hiring to decline as production slows; ‘Irresponsible’ newspaper ex-chief faces charges; Poachers attack central forest rangers; Motorbike-taxi driver alleges assault by cop

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City People's Committee has revoked its approval of a plan to import 10,000 tonnes of solid waste meant for testing waste management facilities belonging to a private firm.

VietNamNet Bridge –Due to varied designs, imported toys have been attracting plenty of Vietnamese customers despite concerns regarding their quality and safety.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from August 8-10.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 18th HCM City Open Athletics Championships is scheduled to kick off at the Thong Nhat Stadium today, Aug 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing frequency of food poisoning incidents at industrial zones in HCM City over the last several months has prompted immediate preventative inspections at small food processing facilities.

VietNamNet Bridge - “The profit margin in the first half of the year was measly 5 percent, while the inflation in the first half soared to nearly 14 percent. I suffer heavy losses,” says director of a Ho Chi Minh City-based textile enterprise.