VietNamNet Bridge – Transport firms are urgently installing black boxes for their coaches because according to the government’s Decree 91, all coaches must have black boxes as of July 1 2011.

High inflation dims investor interest; Fund to increase portfolio cash ratio; Cities urged to tighten belts; Ministry proposes five steps to reduce demand for dollars; Fruit exports slump due to poor quality  

Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) and the Harvard University have found that people living at higher altitudes have a lower chance of dying from ischemic heart disease and tend to live longer than others,

The death toll from an ammunition factory blast in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Monday rose to at least 70, including three children, as dozens were still in critical condition, local police official and medics said.

The Western-led coalition forces Sunday continued their air strikes on Libyan government forces after NATO decided to take full command of the Libya air campaign, as rebels reportedly retook control of a key oil exporting terminal.

The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained, and threatening public health emergency, an independent expert-committee entrusted by World Health Organization (WHO) said

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Youth Union on March 27 organized a charity walk in Hanoi to support victims of quakes and tsunamis in Japan. This is also the event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wild birds like spotted doves, pheasants, wild ducks, owls and eagles are sold publicly in Hanoi’s Lac Long Quan road even though trading of wild animals is banned in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Online forums for students have been stirred up with information about a young man born in the 1980s who is runing for the upcoming National Assembly election.

The sugar price has decreased continuously for the past two weeks. Traders dare not store goods and sugar refineries cannot sell products, but they need money to collect sugar cane and pay bank loan interest rates.

The number of dengue fever cases in Rio de Janeiro city this year has already surpassed 10,000, local health authorities said on Friday.

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday deployed for the first time the Iron Dome anti- rocket system amid a sharp escalation of violence along the Gaza border in recent weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang spoke to Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade) newspaper about laying the groundwork for construction of the nation's first nuclear power plant.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC tourism sector will welcome foreign travel agents and media to promote the city’s image as they change their marketing strategy, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Conflicting information on attempted gold management policies is confusing people and preventing them from making investment decisions at the moment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stock values last week moved within a narrow band on the nation's stock exchange, with indices losing value on both national exchanges compared to the previous week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The English Premier League is the best league in the world "by definition" (because it is the richest), a feisty Steve McMahon asserts in a conversation with Viet Nam News.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in central Quang Ngai Province plan to take Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company to court if the company does not compensate them for damage caused by dumping untreated waste into Tra Khuc river.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite a decent offer the Viet Nam Football Federation have laid on the table for a local coach willing to take over the national football team, it appears like there will be a foreign coach after all.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in central London Saturday in protest against the government's spending cuts.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 16 clean water treatment plants in Ha Noi's suburban districts have been left unused for four or five years due to a shortage of funds and poor management from local authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Intel Vietnam Co. Ltd and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (DOET) organized on March 26, an affiliate International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to select two

Foreign-run foreign language centers, which advertise themselves as providing training with internationally standardized quality and qualified native teachers, in fact, have neither international standards or qualified native teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of sign language materials and books is contributing to communication problems among hearing impaired people, Ha Noi Deaf Association chairman Le Van Anh says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese film studios are making more TV series about the modern realities for country people.