VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta has hundreds of State-owned markets that are either vacant or are operating ineffectively because of inconvenient locations or high rental fees.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Saigon River’s pollution is at a worrying level after a recent survey showed that the river is still receiving huge amounts of untreated wastewater every day, according to the HCM City Environmental Protection Agency.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are some positive signals coming from the clean energy sector in Vietnam with a number of energy saving investment projects getting the green light.

Travel companies have said that the average room rate at three- to five-star hotels in HCMC has fallen by 10% in this low season for the inbound segment, although hoteliers said the price barely decreased compared to the year-ago rate.

Tanks ran at lightning speed to the gateway of Saigon, liberation troops surrounded the Tan Son Nhat Airport… are among historical photos displayed at the exhibition to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam (30/4/1975).

HCM City will need as much as US$40 billion for transport infrastructure development between now and 2020 to meet public demand and address chronic traffic jams, and most of it remained to be sought, an official said on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The “Buc Tuong” (The Wall) rock band will represent Vietnamese youth to perform at the ASEAN Youth Cultural Exchange Festival 2011 (AYCEF 2011) scheduled for Jakarta , Indonesia from April 30 to May 2.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite plans to put on more trains during the national holiday from April 30 to May 3, it now seems unlikely they will be able to meet demand.

Price stabilisation programme ‘a success'; Ministry assists exporters in targeting EU market; PetroVietnam earnings hit $7.2b amid price flux; Russia region governor urges co-operation between firms; Investor trading accounts fall inactive

VietNamNet Bridge – Researchers, managers and experts gathered at a seminar in HCM City yesterday, April 28, to discuss measures to make public transport more popular among city dwellers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gia Lai Provincial Police yesterday arrested and remanded Nguyen Cong Chinh in custody on the charges of sabotaging the great national unity policy.

Chrysler Group LLC on Thursday announced that it plans to repay its 7.4 billion U.S. dollars of loans to the U.S. and Canadian governments by the end of June.

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted quarterly revenue and earnings that both beat analysts' expectations.

Vietnamese storm to semi-finals at world boxing event; Ha called up to VN volleyball team as SEA Games approach; Ha Nam draw with Coal and Mineral in women's tourney

While Vietnam has been tightening the monetary policies strictly to curb inflation, it has been slow in adjusting the fiscal policy to help fight against inflation.

Argentina's world famous soccer Diego Maradona on Thursday presented a lawsuit in the San Juan province of the west-central Cuyo region over the use of his image in a local election campaign.

A surprising thing is occurring on the foreign currency market: dollars keep flowing into commercial banks. Meanwhile, in the past, banks never successfully persuaded people to sell dollars to them. The dollar price has been decreasing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses needed to take a proactive stance when it came to disaster prevention in order to reduce risks, besides the standard relief and support measures that are usually employed following a disaster,

The death toll of a suicide bombing in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala has risen to 12 with 40 others wounded, local police source told Xinhua.

Phan Thi Huong Giang, second runner-up of Miss Jewelry 2009 pageant, will be the Vietnamese representative at the Miss Global Beauty Queen 2011 pageant, in Seoul, South Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Bulgarian football legend, Hristo Stoichkov in April paid a visit to Vietnam and met with officials of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – A quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred in Sin Ho in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau at 9 am, April 28.

US Congress to support VN ties; Viet Nam, Cambodia vow to crush smuggling, trade fraud; Germany to help VN bolster EU relations

High-quality Vietnamese goods fair opens in HCMC; Workers Month 2011 launched in Hanoi; Vietnam launches no-tobacco week; Discoverer of HPV vaccine to speak at seminar; Truck loses trailer, causing jam on Ca Pass       

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of more than 100 photographs of the sea, people and daily life in coastal Binh Thuan province opened yesterday, April 28, in the lobby of Viet Nam News Agency's southern office in District 3.