VietNamNet Bridge – The movement to take nude photos for charity or to protect the environment is not new in the world but in Vietnam, it seems to be unwelcome by the public.

Despite economic difficulties that have forced people to curb spending habits, the number of travelers has not decreased. To attract travelers in this difficult period, travel firms have been trying to launch products with reasonable prices.

VietNamNet Bridge - The coffee cultivation sector is struggling to ensure sustainable development, as many coffee growers run small-scale operations and lack funds to improve their operations.

HCM City top swimming champs;  Coach Son to spend year in Germany; Taekwondo team to train in S Korea

Vietnam's inflation rose to a two-year high in March, official estimates showed on Thursday, as the government shifts from a long-standing focus on growth towards stabilizing its troubled economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 500 students of the Hanoi-based University for Social Sciences and Humanity folded 10,000 paper cranes with thousands of prayers for victims of quakes and tsunamis in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The change of color of Red River’s water in the section through Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces doesn’t affect its quality, confirmed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thai Lai.

The priority for Japan's economy after the devastating earthquake and tsunami was reconstruction and to get economy going, International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said here on Thursday.

First professional 125cc bike racing team in Vietnam was established on Thursday, with five local well-known racists including Vu Trong Bang, Tran Van Lien, Pham Chi Trong, Chau Lam Son and Nguyen Van Khai.

VietNamNet Bridge – One focuses on man’s loneliness while the another addresses the boundlessness of landscape. The two styles of Ngo Thanh Nhan and To Chiem make their painting exhibition compelling and interesting.

Vietnam to host 8th UNESCO World Congress; Da Nang cracks down on polluting, daredevil trucks; 80-kilo giant grouper caught and served; Academics dissect ‘college spirit’

Water levels in almost all reservoirs in the southern and Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) regions have dropped close to the "dead level" at which hydroelectric plants cannot operate, plant officials say.

Analysts call for fee on bank dollar sales; Australia to provide long-term coal to PetroVietnam; Hanoi lures $430 million of FDI in Q1; Local firms hunt for a competitive advantage; Chinese demand boosts cassava price

Wind speeds and wave heights over the world's oceans have been steadily increasing for the last quarter of a century, a long-term Australia study showed on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The earthquake and tsunami in Japan are thought to push the steel prices up, since import countries will lose a big exporter. However, experts have affirmed that it will not affect the domestic prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and his girlfriend Lauren Kitt spent the whole morning of March 26 walking through Hang Bac Street in Hanoi’s old quarters.

VietNamNet Bridge - With some of the strong contenders playing at home or against weaker teams this weekend, the V-League points table is likely to assume a more normal look.

Legislators discuss term reports of leaders; US veterans hand over files on 180 VN soldiers; Party, State and people put faith in youth; Viet Nam - Morocco trade offers potential; DPRK youth delegation on visit

VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Noi is planning to turn the area west of West Lake into a world-class banking and financial centre by 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge - This year's Ba Chua Xu (Country Lady) Festival will kick off next Monday without an opening ceremony, event organisers said.

A photography exhibition entitled What is lost and what remains is featuring 20 black-and-white images taken by Swedish sociologist Eva Lindskog between 1975 and 1989, reflecting the lives of Vietnamese people during the war and its aftermath.

Six Vietnamese and international scholars were honoured with the Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Award for outstanding achievements in their areas of work at a ceremony held in HCM City on Thursday.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on March 25 began his official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of President Nguyen Minh Triet. Viet Nam News spoke to the President of Ukraine before his arrival in Viet Nam.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team came from behind to beat archrivals Thailand 2-1 on Friday and secured a spot to advance to the next round at the 2012 London Olympics Asian qualifiers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 28-31.