VietNamNet Bridge – While children generally finish school between 4.30 and 5pm, their parents often do not leave their offices until half an hour or so later. This has led to the flourishing of after-school care for kids in HCM City,

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed resolutions to ratify the number and the list of constituencies for the election of the upcoming People's Councils for the 2011-16 term.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Phuc Long will be Viet Nam's sole invited representative at the Philippines Open Pool Championships which will take place from April 7-11 at the SM Megamall in Manila.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new exhibition entitled Chan Dung Ha Noi (Ha Noi Portraits) is giving a broad overview of the capital city's contemporary art scene at the Maison des Art.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pakistan's Ambassador Shahid MG Kiani has won the title Top Chef in a charity cooking contest gathering six ambassadors on Saturday night in Ha Noi.

Top South Korean boy band Super Junior will end their upcoming tour of Asia with a performance at Go Dau stadium in the southern province of Binh Duong on May 7.

India beat Sri Lanka Saturday to win the World Cup title after a long hiatus of 28 years. The legendary names Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have been written in the history books as the immortals of cricket.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal mining of opal has devastated rice fields and landscapes in a commune in the Central Highlands Province of Dac Nong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Thang Long English and Vocational School in HCM City, which benefits disadvantaged children, held its first creative courses introductory session on Saturday to develop children's interests in photography

Cu Huy Ha Vu to stand trial for anti-State propaganda; New terminal at Da Nang Int’l Airport to be opened; Vietnamese workers from Libya to arrive at Cai Lan port

VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the candidates for the 13th National Assembly (NA) election who are nominated by central agencies gain high rates of confidence votes, according to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF).

Vietnam’s footwear exporters have a gilt-edged opportunity to achieve a booming time this year thanks to the European Commission’s removal of the anti-dumping taxes and Free-Trade-Agreement (FTA). 

Sacombank borrows $150 mln from Europe; Seadrill secures new jack-up contracts in Trinidad and Vietnam;  More firms to export aquatic products to EU;  ADB lends $239m for Hanoi’s urban railway route

VietNamNet Bridge - The Customs General Department wants its e-customs service used by 80 per cent of enterprises and 90 per cent of import-export turnover by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign experts have urged Vietnam to build and carry out a national strategy on broadband development, stressing that it will be the key to help Vietnam become an information technology (IT) power in the world.

Alexandre Pato scored a brace to hand AC Milan a 3-0 win over cross-city rivals Inter in a potentially title-deciding derby on Saturday.

The UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) said on Saturday 330 people were killed in the western town Duekoue, mostly by the forces backing presidency claimant Alassane Ouattara.

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Sunday that efforts to stem the flow of radioactive water leaking from the troubled No. 2 reactor building of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean . . .

History records showed it was not often that large earthquakes caused immediate large volcano eruptions, a geophysicist told Xinhua on Wednesday while talking about whether the recent massive quake in Japan could trigger volcano eruptions.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the quake-hit areas Saturday and encouraged the Self- Defense Forces members and other workers trying to contain the nuclear crisis after the tsunami.

A NASA Gulfstream-III aircraft equipped with a synthetic aperture radar is scheduled to depart Sunday, April 3 on a nine-day mission to image Hawaii volcanoes, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 50 people, including marine commandos were involved in the catch of Hoan Kiem turtle on April 3. After several hours, the legendary turtle was towed to the Rua isle in the middle of the lake for treatment of its wounds.

At least nine people were killed and over 70 others injured as thousands of people staged a protest demonstration in Kandahar city Saturday to condemn the reported burning of Muslim holy book Quran in the United States recently,

Ha Noi Education and Training Department would regularly inspect foreign language and computer centres this year in response to the growing number of centres that were operating without licences, said the department's vice director.

Viettel will invest US$600 million in Ukraine to supply broad-band internet services after a mutual of understanding (MOU) was signed last week with an Ukraine partner.