Education Festival 2011 promotes advanced education; New charitable healthcare program launched; Gold shop robber caught red-handed; Four arrested after brutally beating worker; First heat wave to hit central region    

French hotel chain to expand to Danang; EVN’s debt tops $450 million; New tool proposed for stock market; LienViet Bank aims for higher growth; Firms invest US$1.8 billion overseas in four months; Gas climbs to highest price this year

VietNamNet Bridge – In order to negotiate for free trade agreements (FTAs) with partners, Vietnam needs to the labor standards.

A military parade marking the 66th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi in the Great Patriotic War was held on Moscow's Red Square Monday.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Monday detected radiation levels in the building housing the faltering No. 1 reactor that far exceeded expected levels reaching as high as 700 millisieverts per hour, the utility firm said.

There is "no military solution solely" to the Libyan conflict, the NATO chief said on Sunday.

Phan Thi Huong Giang, who represents Vietnam at the Miss Global Beauty Queen pageant in Seoul, South Korea from May 3-10, is the winner in the online pole to be the first who enters the top 15. The finale will take place tonight, May 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - S&P Indices has launched the S&P CIVETS 60, a tradable index comprised of second-generation emerging markets, characterized by dynamic, rapidly changing economies and young, growing populations.

Province offers incentives to investors; Sugar makers face difficulties; Property investors sell to reduce loans; Investors to suspend delayed projects; Farmers switch to cassava as prices rise

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors should set up independent portfolios for stock trading, instead of watching which way the wind blows with the VN-Index, recommended FPT Securities Co analysts in their weekly market report.

The dollar price on the black market has dropped by 2000 dong per dollar in comparison with February, while the dollar price quoted by commercial bank has decreased by 1000 dong.

VietNamNet Bridge - The representatives of Vietnamese travel agencies will join a survey trip to Japan this month in order to encourage travel companies to resume booking tours to the country. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Three battleships from Russia’s Pacific fleet, led by the ship named Admiral Vinogradov, docked at Tien Sa port in the central province of Da Nang for a friendly four-day visit to Vietnam on May 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – Private schools have become more attractive than state owned schools in the eyes of high income parents, who demand high quality education services for their children.

VietNamNet Bridge – Six actresses and three actors have been invited to the Cannes Film Festival 2011, which will take place in May in France.

VietNamNet Bridge – Selling shares at overly high prices at the initial public offering (IPO) may leave bad consequences for businesses and their employees. That was exactly the problem which occurred with Vietcombank.

VietNamNet Bridge – The wounds of Hoan Kiem Lake’s giant turtle have been healed after a month of treatment and it is now free of fungal diseases, said Hanoi Science and Technology Department’s director Le Xuan Rao.

Japanese workers measured radiation inside one reactor building of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant early Monday, paving way for full-scale work to stabilize the country's worst-ever nuclear emergency

The crown of the North America box office was stormed by a hammer-wielding god from "Thor," the latest in the Marvel Studios productions, as the Paramount- distributed epic adventure opened with 66 million dollars

With the fall of 10 grades in the 2010 provincial competitiveness index (PCI) report, Hanoi now ranks the 43rd among 63 cities and provinces in provincial competitiveness.

A record 120,000 Australians on Sunday made Mother's Day a special celebration by participating Domain Mother's Day Classic walk and run event, which was held across Australia to raise funds for breast cancer research.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Education and Training said it had helped to improve pronunciation and spelling of Vietnamese in primary schools in the capital with its new teaching programme.

VietNamNet Bridge – A mass death of fish was reported on Saturday evening in a 14-km section along the Se Re Poc River in the Central Highland's Dak Lak Province due to heavy pollution caused by untreated waste water.

FC Barcelona will be crowned champions of the Spanish La Liga if they are able to draw away to Levante on Wednesday night after beating local rivals Espanyol 2-0 in the Camp Nou Stadium on Sunday.

UNESCO considers two heritage sites in Viet Nam; Australian-Vietnamese concert marks State visit; Viet Nam, South Korea unite at festival