VietNamNet Bridge – A dozen of sea festivals are organized in Vietnam, in the names of culture-sports-tourism week, sea tourism week, sea festivals, etc. However, these festivals cannot create their uniqueness.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC Environmental Protection Agency in a fresh inspection has found over 50% of enterprises located along the Saigon River have no wastewater facilities.

After odd fruits in Vietnam, VietNamNet Bridge introduces odd animals that have appeared in Vietnam.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) wrapped up its annual forum attended by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) ministers in Big Sky, Montana on Saturday with consorted commitment for resolving the major barriers

HCMC seeks funds for ringroad project; Taiwanese electronic firms survey Vietnamese market; City golf projects fail to get into the swing of things; PetroVietnam gives gas to oil plans; Banks cash in on forex rates

VietNamNet Bridge - The local currency liquidity squeeze at banks has been relaxed in recent days on falling inter-bank interest rates, but lenders and experts see little chance of interest rates easing off their record highs in the coming months.

3D TVs have become more familiar to Vietnamese consumers for the last several years. However, analysts have every reason to believe that 2011 would be the year of 3D TVs.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of cultural and historical relics in Da Lat will be upgraded for tourism purposes.

US$10 billion of investment capital, US$8 billion worth of the output, an average growth rate of 25% over the past 20 years, a large number of orders are factors that bring a bright future for Vietnam’s plastics industry.

At least seven people were killed and 10 others wounded in a car bomb and a suicide bomb attacks near Baghdad on Sunday morning, an Interior Ministry source said.

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

VietNamNet Bridge – The quiet stock market and the decreasing VN Index have made investors turn their backs to trading floors. A lot of securities companies have to close their branches to cut down expenses.  

VietNamNet Bridge - A 72-year-old man has arrived in Hanoi after walking nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City over a two-month period so he could visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Ho Chi Minh City to host Southern Fruit Festival; HCMC concert to feature Vietnamese chamber music; Exhibition features Hanoi’s traditional treasures; Mercedes Fascination Motorshow stops in Hanoi  

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction has just completed a draft circular allowing the use of resident apartment blocks for commercial purposes.

VinaPhone will on Friday begin selling a white iPhone 4 cell-phone global version at its stores across Vietnam. The enterprise is pricing the white version on a par with the black iPhone 4 despite high demand for the luxurious cell-phone.

Built at the cost of nearly $128 million, Hanoi Museum doesn’t have a single room to keep visitor belongings; electric wires run zigzags on the wall; some display areas are empty; exhibits are downgraded and it has a few visitors.

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to boost cooperation in disaster preparedness and nuclear power safety among other topics at a trilateral summit held here Sunday.

Economic experts and company directors discussed the development of the domestic economy, the impacts of Government policies and plans for the next six months at a seminar held by the Vietnam Association of Corporate Directors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Phu Yen Province along the central coast offers a variety of unique and exotic dishes like Hoa Da girdle cake, dit leaf sour soup, ocean tuna and fresh seafood from O Loan lagoon.

China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued a circular on Friday banning the use of Nimesulide, an anti-inflammatory drug, for children under the age of 12, considering potential side-effects

The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy advisory body of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Saturday called for an "open, transparent and merit-based" process in selecting a new IMF head.

Cristiano Ronaldo made Spanish football history on Saturday by breaking the all time goalscoring record with 40 goals in a single season for the Spanish La Liga.

They are all very young, because they were born in 1980s. However, they are all considered “high income earners”, because they can pocket millions of dong a month.

90 containers fall into canal due to landslide;  20% of vehicles unsafe; 14 charged for trafficking drug; Traffic accidents soar in first quarter; VN company fined US$3,000 for leaking oil in river