Experts have mooted an increase in the compulsory reserve ratio on foreign currency deposits, believing that the solution would help ease the foreign currency speculation and dollarization, thus making the finance market healthier.

Israeli warplanes carried out seven intensive airstrikes on posts belonging to Islamic Hamas movement' s armed wing al-Qassam Brigades, injuring at least 17 people, medics in Gaza said.

A radioactive cloud from Japan’s Fukushima I plant is moving south over the Pacific and will reach the north of the Philippines on March 22, reported Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology.

VietNamNet Bridge – The movie by Vietnamese/French director Tran Anh Hung was presented with the Best Cinematography Award at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – A mud eruption in the central province of Ninh Thuan is a normal geothermal phenomenon and is not dangerous, but a senior expert noted that the area is cursed with weak soil.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the host of the exchange of international students in HCM City on March 20, Miss Teen 2010 Diem Trang roused the event, which attracted over 1000 youngsters from many countries.

Sharing experiences implementing REDD; Climate excesses cause difficulties for forecasters; All solid medical waste to be treated; Oil boat explosion brought under control

VietNamNet Bridge – The highly polluted Nhue and Day rivers in Ha Noi's outer Hoai Duc District have prompted local authorities to consider relocating the area's craft villages, but funding shortages may hinder any action.

VietNamNet Bridge – The syndrome of Vietnamese young people posting nude pictures on the Internet has been described as a kind of “depraved morality”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Never before have Vietnamese children had to live in conditions like today.

Efforts to rig power cables to two reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan were suspended Monday evening following the appearance of smoke rising from the reactors' housing buildings.

VietNamNet Bridge – The richer the parents, the more they benefit from State subsidies for preschool education. Conversely, their poorer counterparts pay as much if not more for lower quality schooling.

Japan is the biggest ODA bilateral donor, the second biggest foreign direct investor and the fourth biggest export market for Vietnam. However, this does not mean that the Japanese crisis will only negatively impact upon Vietnam’s economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – It took nearly 32 years of training in the martial art of karate before Master Doan Dinh Long was ready to set up his own school in Ha Noi, following his introduction to the Japan-born art in the central city of Hue.

European Union (EU) finance ministers Monday laid out details of the permanent bailout fund which will have a capital base of 700 billion euros (987 billion U. S. dollars) to deal with future sovereign debt crisis.

French warplanes have flown around 400 hours in total in Libyan airspace, amounting to 55 sorties in three days, a military spokesman said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 500 deputies took part in the ninth and last session of the 12th National Assembly which opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi called for immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from Bahrain, the local English language satellite Press TV reported on Monday.

PM Dung vows to boost ties with Thailand; Lao Party Congress confirms progress; Ukraine leader to visit

VietNamNet Bridge – The Camp Dance Festival took place at Hanoi’s Tay Ho Water Park on March 20, attracting young girls, boys and  kids. This is a part of the Move IT Battle dancing contest, a hip-hop dancing competition for young people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teenagers Hoang Quy Phuoc and Tran Thi Kim Tuyen grabbed three gold medals each in the National Short-Course Swimming Championship in Hue City on Sunday.

Vietnam culture day opens in Copenhagen; Worship festival re-enacted in Hue; A guitar players record; Foreign Cultural Affairs Department honoured

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents still have to allow their children to use mobile phones. Teachers also say they seem to be powerless to the “mobile phone addiction” of their students.

After over a year's efforts, scientists from Shanghai and Hong Kong announced on Friday that they have completed the whole genomic sequencing work of Isaria cicada, a rare herb highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam once witnessed the boom of Internet ADSL services. The number of ADSL subscribers once grew so sharply that the service quality upgrading could not catch up with the increase. However, things are different now.