VietNamNet Bridge - The Viet Nam Talent Contest in Information Technology, Natural Science, and Medicine and Pharmacy was launched this week in Ha Noi.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China grew 26.03 percent year-on-year to reach 38.8 billion U.S. dollars during the first four months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A paradox exists: Vietnam, the fourth biggest rubber exporter in the world, now has to import rubber to make finished products domestically.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors in all departments of culture, sports and tourism in co-operation with police and other agencies have been asked to crack down on tobacco advertising and promotions.

U.S. space shuttle Endeavor lifts off on Monday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to deliver to the International Space Station a 2-billion-dollar, multinational particle detector known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

VietNamNet Bridge – Borrowers complain that commercial banks have raised the interest rates of consumer loans too sharply, which has made the financial burden heavier on their shoulders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold exploitation has caused serious pollution along the Dak Rong River in the central province of Quang Tri.

The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the United States provoked a general outcry in French politics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Short-term economic pain has deterred foreign investors from entering the real estate sector, but manufacturing opportunities are still being grasped.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vissai Ninh Binh's coach Nguyen Van Sy was forced to resign following his team's humiliating 0-4 loss to SHB Da Nang on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has made boosting friendly relations with India a top priority, said Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

A lot of small and medium hydropower plants in Dak Lak province have been on the verge of bankruptcy when they have to sell electricity at low prices, even while the bank loan interest rates have been increasing sharply.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam will continue to follow its plan to develop the fisheries sector so that it achieves economies of scale and high global competitiveness in a sustainable manner, a senior official said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many city residents are complaining that music concerts and albums featuring popular Vietnamese singers have become too expensive.

VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Thanh Thao may not have studied at school, but she's trusted enough to teach the children at Trung Lap Thuong Commune, Cu Chi District, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many old trees in Hanoi’s streets are leaning and about to collapse. Their roots have burst and they can fall anytime. On May 13, two big trees fell and crushed a state car.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal food additives are flooding the market but imposing a clamp-down would be no mean feat, says deputy head of the Food Safety and Hygiene Administration Nguyen Thi Khanh Tram.

VietNamNet Bridge – Preparations for the upcoming election on Sunday are complete, said Tran Huu Thang, deputy minister of home affairs on an online conference in Ha Noi yesterday, May 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based football club T&T will don Kappa sportswear in the V-League as of next week, the team's managing board said.

VietNamNet Bridge - IC Energy late last week broke ground  on a $390 million solar photovoltaic production facility in central Vietnam, just two months after the US-based First Solar, Inc. started work on a similar plant in Ho Chi Minh City.

Chinese scientists said Saturday that they have found a new species of giant theropod dinosaur in the eastern province of Shandong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Sen Village Festival will be held in the home village of President Ho Chi Minh on May 23-24 to celebrate his 121st birthday, which falls on May 19.

From 24-hour complaint hotlines to instant additive detectors, local governments in China are striving to battle the illegal use of food additives following a string of food scandals.

Thousands of Palestinians and Syrians participated Monday in the funeral procession of three Palestinians killed during clashes between Israeli troops and Arab protesters on the Golan Heights.

NASA has readied the space shuttle Endeavour for its liftoff set for Monday, media reported Monday.