VietNamNet Bridge – Overloaded trucks are continuing to damage roads in the south, despite the construction of the Dau Giay weigh station in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two people were killed and 26 injured after a train collided with six cars in Dong Nai Province on Sunday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities in Ha Noi and HCM City are required to submit their plans for moving to the cities' suburbs by February, but many universities have yet to draft them.

Fatal accident kills two on Ghenh Bridge; Somali pirates release Vietnamese sailors; City orders recall of poor-quality medicines; 7 detained as train hits 6 cars stuck on tracks  

Six locations – Thua Thien Hue, Khanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Lam Dong, Binh Thuan and Danang – were listed in 2011’s inspection plan by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) due to “careless investment licencing” and “low efficiency”.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc believes that 2010’s impressive growth figures stem from Vietnam’s magnificent efforts in stepping up local investment and meeting socio-economic development targets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Le Hung Viet is confident that his factory can afford to make complete pairs of shoes, not just the uppers, adding a lot of value to his business.

Home is where the stomach is, especially for those away abroad.

Over 40,000 cases of cancer among children are being reported in India every year, the Indo-Asian News Service Sunday said.

A duck carcass found in Tai O, Hong Kong, was tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza virus, a spokesman for the city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on Monday.

Working through the large volume of troubled commercial real estate (CRE) loans will take several years, although the U.S. CRE market and credit conditions has leveled off and there are some early signs of price stabilization . . .

Japan's foreign exchange reserves declined 0.3 percent in January as rising interest rates in Europe and the U.S. reduced the value of bonds held by the Japanese government, the Finance Ministry said Monday.

Egyptian security and customs authorities began to scan all foreign diplomatic pouches that arrive in Egypt in precautionary measures to prevent the entry of any questionable objects, state news agency MENA reported on Monday.

A 1,000-year-old building is believed to have been destroyed in a fire at a Buddhist temple in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, Monday.

A Vietnamese scientist has found a cure for the southern rice black streak dwarf virus (SRBSDV) transmitted by the white back plant hopper (WBPH) and causing havoc to rice crops in northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are people from foreign lands in the central highland province of Lam Dong who are seriously involved in farming as a profession.

The WTO membership brings big advantages to Vietnam, including the exports increases and higher foreign investment. However, for many industries it also means big difficulties.

VietNamNet Bridge - The millennium-old northern folk music genre of Ca tru is making a comeback after decades of neglect, with more and more young girls training to become dao nuong, or professional singers.

Every time when the consumer price index CPI increased, policy makers hastily concluded this was the high inflation and hurriedly tightened the monetary policies and raised interest rates.

Being obsessed by Vietnamese disadvantaged children, a professor of history from the US has devoted her assets and her life to provide vocational training to disabled childrenand to help heart patients in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes to earn $4 billion this year from wooden furniture exports. However, producers are worried stiff because the input material prices keep increasing.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese soccer players have discovered facebook as an interesting means of keeping in touch with fans. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Three central provinces are planning to set up a joint representative office in Japan as part of a program to attract tourists from there.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Do Nhat Hoang spoke to Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper about disbursement of foreign direct investments.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overweight and obesity rates have increased steadily among adolescents in HCM City, and require swift intervention to change dietary intake, physical activities, sedentary behaviour, and lifestyle habits, a study has found.