VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T table tennis club have strengthened their squad by signing two top players, Tran Tuan Quynh and Phan Huy Hoang from Ha Noi, on five-year contracts, team coach Vu Manh Cuong said yesterday, March 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Hong Joint Stock Corporation yesterday began work on a VND503 billion (US$25 million) scheme to improve drainage – and the environment – in channels opening into the To Lich, Hoang Liet, Lu and Set rivers

Project to boost legislative research, communications; Prime Minister sees off 33 new ambassadors; Vice President applauds outstanding collectives and individuals

Festival promotes recycling; Red River found to be polluted in Yen Bai; Black-crested gibbons returned to the wild; River bank faces erosion in An Giang

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ba Be National Park in the northern mountainous province of Bac Can has been named on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands List as a Wetland of International Importance.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam History Association and Thua Thien-Hue Province's Journalists Association recently held a meeting to evaluate the contributions of the feminist writer and activist known as Dam Phuong (1881-1947).

Single mums tell their stories in photos; Concert on “the sound of Germany”; Japanese jazz musician to perform in Vietnam; HBSO announces Spring-Summer program; Containers band wins Hard Rock Battle    

Video host YouTube formally announced Tuesday that it has bought Next New Networks, a Web video production company, to improve content for the video-sharing website.

A 30-year-old man was arrested in the Scottish city of Glasgow in connection with a suicide bombing in Sweden last December, British police said Tuesday.

Brazilian icon Pele, one of the greatest football players of all time, warned here on Monday that money may destroy a player's career if he forgets to play for the love of the game.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter Scale hit Japan's northeastern region Wednesday, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued a tsunami warning.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban) claimed the responsibility for Tuesday morning's suicide car blast that claimed over 20 lives and injured more than one hundred others in Pakistan's eastern city of Faisalabad,

VietNamNet Bridge – German conductor Lior Shambadal of the Berliner Symphoniker orchestra will stage a concert at the HCM City Opera House tonight, March 9, accompanied by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will create a dominant player in the industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health is drafting a decree that aims to better regulate genetically modified organisms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Vietnam is a big pepper exporter in the world, it still cannot dominate the world market. Compared to the export prices of other countries around the world, Vietnam’s pepper export price remains very low.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ancient town of Hoi An has made it to the list of 10 best cities for tourism by UK’s Wanderlust travel magazine. 

VietNamNet Bridge – After several hours trapped in a net, the legendary turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake slipped from the net and swam away at around 1 pm, March 8, to  the disappointment of thousands of witnesses.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam on March 7 launched its Earth Hour 2011 campaign, with a lovely ambassador – singer Van Mai Huong.  

VietNamNet Bridge - As many as 8,476 Vietnamese guest workers escaping from political chaos in Libya had returned home by the end of March 8, said an official in charge of labor management.

Tran Dinh Hieu, the son of a working couple in the southern province of Dong Nai can read every word and numbers up to millions, even abbreviations and Roman numbers though he has never been to school.  

Seeing Hanoi’s constituents before the last session of the 12th National Assembly (NA), Party Secretary General and NA Chairman  Nguyen Phu Trong said that the number of chairs of provinces in the NA has reduced in recent terms.

An Australia report on Monday showed that the cycle of chronic homelessness is strongly linked to severe childhood abuse and neglect.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people hurried to return home or visit their girlfriends or go out on the International Day for Women (March 8), causing traffic on many streets in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – British coach Simon McMenemy on March 8 evening signed a two-year contract with Dong Tam Long An football squad.