Five die in gold mine collapse; Traffic accidents explode during long weekend; Three killed in crash of truck, motorbike; Two charged with drug trafficking; Vietnam, France strengthen cooperation in culture, tourism and sports

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 42,000 applications for land-use certificates in Ha Noi were waiting to be processed, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Japan lauded for ODA funding; Fatah-Hamas pact welcomed by VN; Vietnamese bank presents 1,000 TV sets to Laos

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors in the long-delayed Vung Ro oil refinery and seaport project in central Phu Yen province are calling for a new partner to ramp up the project’s progress.

While going up to the rooftop of his three-story house to watch the plumbers fix the water system, Nguyen Tien Dung – Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Transport - fell down to the ground and passed away on May 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam 2010, Dang Thi Ngoc Han and 1,000 students, veterans and elder people in the ancient capital city of Hue joined the walk for the environment, in the morning of May 1, in Hue city.

The European Commission, working together with the national authorities responsible for nuclear energy, will run stress tests on all European nuclear reactors, European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of locals and tourists gathered on the banks of the Huong (Perfume) River in the ancient capital city of Hue in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 3, to see traditional boat racing.

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation's anti-inflation policies got the thumbs up during a Viet Nam Business Summit that attracted 3000 bankers and international financial organisations to the capital yesterday.

Province to get tough on tardy tourism projects; WB lends $330 mln for northern hydropower project; First Vietnamese securities firm makes debut in Cambodia; Exports see slight decrease in April

The local stock market is failing to function as a fund-raising channel for listed firms, and serve as a platform to promote recognition of companies on the bourse. Instead, it is instilling distrust in listed firms and investors alike.

The Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of the Cleverland Metropark (USA) has chosen a wetland area in Binh Khuong commune, Binh Son district in the central province of Quang Ngai, to build a naturel reserve to protect a local tortoise species.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government will make every effort to keep this year’s inflation at 11.75 percent, a similar level to last year, said Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc.

VietNamNet Bridge - A seminar was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1 to seek ways to gather more votes for Ha Long Bay to be recognized as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thai coach Dusit Chalermsan resigned after his team was defeated by Song Lam Nghe An last week. He left Vietnam on May 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – The splendid carnival with bustling street dances, impressive martial-art and circus performances and fabulous firework shows, drew dozens of thousands of tourists to Ha Long city in the evening of May 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Efforts to raise more capital from the private sector for infrastructure development projects were on the right track, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam was well poised as the world's largest pepper exporter to take advantage of steadily rising demand for the spice in the coming years, experts said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will post the highest growth in Asia-Pacific for cloud computing services this year.

The filmmakers behind "The Hurt Locker" have been moving forward with an action thriller about bin Laden's killing after the real-life operation took place in Pakistan on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will launch the first remote sensing satellite in the next three years, to serve monitoring natural resources and natural disasters, said officials from the Institute for Space Technology of Vietnam.

Osama bin Laden was buried by the U.S. military at sea in accordance with the terror mastermind's own religious customs, as no country would accept his remains, a senior U.S. officials said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam-based outsourcing enterprises will face stiffer customs controls.

VietNamNet Bridge - Expectations of an impending price hike prompted petrol stations in several Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta localities to close down and/or rationed fuel sales during the just concluded Liberation Day and May Day holiday.