Rural poor households given new homes; House in Hanoi ancient quarters catches fire; Easter celebrations held in Hanoi; Train staff returns $2,380 left behind by passenger    

VietNamNet Bridge - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has planned to visit Vietnam this July.

Party Secretary General, Chairman of the National Election Council, Nguyen Phu Trong, has signed a decision to make public, the list of 827 candidates of the 13 National Assembly election of 183 voting precincts.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Cambodia are discussing closer co-operation to combat illegal, trans-border trading in wildlife at a two-day workshop that is being attended by their respective enforcement authorities.

The African Union (AU) called on NATO to stop targeting Libyan officials in their air raids, after NATO forces on Monday bombarded an office of Libyan Leader Muammer Gaddafi in the capital Tripoli,

Tra fish exporters still feel unhappy, even though the tra fish export volume increased by five percent, while export turnover increased by 21 percent in the first quarter of the year in comparison with the same period of 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – The head of Russia's S.N. Fyodorov Eye Micro Surgery Complex promised here yesterday to transfer more high quality technology and services to Viet Nam's ophthalmological industry.

The death toll from storms spawned by tornadoes which swept across the southeastern part of the United States has risen to 72, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hue's unique food and horticultural delights will be on display at the Traditional Craft Festival that opens in the central city on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Austria’s global love story TV series “The Dream Hotel” has come to HCM City to cast actors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Medical experts say a shortage of public health professionals is creating major difficulties in dealing with mental disorders among Vietnamese adolescents.

500 chemists offer lower priced drugs; Company slammed $3,500 for spam; Doctor gets 15 years for insurance scam; Milk consumption goes up; Central province gets foot and mouth vaccine

State agencies will begin checking information about pre-paid mobile phone subscribers from May 1, 2011, and will “declare death” to hundreds of thousands of mobile phone subscribers.  

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate CIA director Leon Panetta to succeed Robert Gates as the new defense secretary, media reported Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – After five years, a nationwide campaign of harm reduction and HIV prevention among sex workers has not proven effective, a review conference heard yesterday, April 27.

Over 20 million tickets were applied for with around 1.8 million people submitting requests for tickets, revealed the LOCOG after the application process for London 2012 Olympic tickets closed at 1am on Wednesday.

Hanoi faces a severe shortage of land for garbage disposal but measures begun a few years ago like enlarging existing landfills and establishing waste-treatment plants have not gone smoothly.  

The World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011 opened here Wednesday, focusing on economic perspectives for the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - People now have to cudgel their brains about what they should do to protect their assets to cope with the changing policies on gold, dollar and Vietnam dong.

The Chinese currency Renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, Thursday gained 45 basis points from Wednesday to a record new high of 6.5051 per U.S. dollar.

The U.S. economy is expected to grow between 3.1 percent and 3.3 percent this year, a downward revision from the previous forecast which saw growth possibly as high as 3.9 percent, said Ben Bernanke,

A series of cultural activities, tourism and sport will be held in many localities in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The British Council has launched an eco-friendly business competition for entrepreneurs.

Banking industry receives award for aiding renewal; Chief judge chosen for council of the Supreme People's Court; Assembly election plans well in hand

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of exhibitions of native Vietnamese flowers is being held in several cities to identify the people's choice for the national flower, and the caravan has now moved to Da Nang.