Some investors are planning to set up factories in Vietnam to make solar panels. However, the products to be churned out by the factories will not be used in Vietnam, but exported, because of the foreseeable high production costs.

NATO warplanes bombed the residence of Muammar Gaddafi here early Monday morning in an attack a government official called an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are two big problems that cashew exporters are facing: lacking capital and lacking materials, which may make the target of exporting 1.4 billion dollar worth of products in 2011 unreachable.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appointed the new chairs for the northern province of Bac Ninh and the northern city of Hai Duong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The world famous TV channel has called for Vietnamese documentary makers to send their works to BBC’s “My country – Vietnam” program.

All-in-one solution warehouse unveils in Binh Duong; SMEs owned by large firms denied tax extension; Firms urged to develop innovative products; Product piracy damaging economy; Cashew industry eyes loans to store harvest

VietNamNet Bridge – Transport companies in the city have asked the HCM City People's Committee to seriously reconsider the ban on public buses carrying advertisements.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting any classroom at the Thuy Duong kindergarten in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, one will see eye-catching toys which are made from waste.

At the annual general meeting of brokerages this year, the questions that shareholders asked the most is whether losses from the core business will continue to be incurred in the upcoming time.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi's Department of Information and Communications (HICD) has asked internet providers to immediately suspend services for those online gaming and internet shops located within a metre radius of schools.

Over 470 inmates escaped from a prison in Kandahar, south of Afghanistan early Monday, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dengue fever outbreaks were increasingly likely in Ha Noi and people needed to take precautions to avoid catching the disease, said deputy director of Ha Noi's Preventive Medicine Centre Nguyen Nhat Cam.

All the 17 killed were identified as migrant workers and their families, after a fire swept through a garment workshop building in the southern Beijing suburb Monday morning, local authorities said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tuong (classic drama) Festival 2011 kicks off today, April 25, in the city of Quy Nhon and runs until April 30.

A Vietnamese Government delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 23, starting a two-day working visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen.

NA Committee starts 39th session; VN and Laos sign agreement on educational co-operation up to 2020; VN officials seek management training opportunities in S Korea

Viet Nam to compete in 10th Asian Individual Chess Champs; Top national striker Tran Thi Kim Hong sidelined with injury; VFF appoints new coach for national men's U-16 team

The Hanoi People’s Committee has released a new regulation on the management over private tutoring, prohibiting to give extra lessons to primary school students, who go to school both in the morning and afternoon.

VietNamNet Bridge – The annual carnival in the northern coastal city of Ha Long (Quang Ninh province) this year will attract nearly 3,000 performers, including nearly 1,000 professional artists from Hanoi.

Rafael Nadal achieved the 501st win of his career as a professional tennis player as he defeated fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to win the Conde Godo tournament in Barcelona on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodian second seed Kenny Bun outclassed Indonesia's top-seed Sunu-Wahyu Trijati in the final of the Tanimex Open tennis tournament to claim the men's singles title yesterday in HCM City.

Poland gives $25,000 to restore Hue Temple of Literature gate; American jazz band to perform in HN; South Korean research group debuts in Viet Nam; BBC news channel to promote Viet Nam's beaches in May

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, Hanoi’s traffic police officers have filmed tens of students who broke the rules that ban high school students from driving motorbikes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people flocked to the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi on Saturday to enjoy Viet Nam Book Day, initiated by the National Library.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hennessy Concert Series is always a high-class concert that is most expected by Vietnamese audiences, and the 15th show was no exception.