VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City administration targets limiting the poverty rate below 5.4 per cent and unemployment to less than 5 per cent this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Doan Van Duoc (better known as Ut Duoc), 50, started his treatment for a breast cancer patient by sitting behind her, grabbing a piece of her back skin and cutting it with a razor.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some 74 scientific projects were awarded in the 12th Eureka Award for student’s scientific research at HCMC Youth Cultural House on January 4. 

Associate Professor, Doctor of Biology Ha Dinh Duc said that the ancient turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem lake faced many risks. The biggest risk now is red-eared turtles.

Some days ago, Dao Hong Tuyen, who has been well known in Vietnam as the “King of Tuan Chau island” stated on a local newspaper that his total assets now have the value of two billion dollar.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese top weight lifter Thach Kim Tuan has been placed fifth in the International Weightlifting Federation’s latest rankings. 

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has set the limit of the number of foreign players that clubs are allowed to use at the V-League and First Division tournaments.

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss World 2007 arrived in HCM City today, January 7, to attend a fashion event.

VietNamNet Bridge – A rock band from Britain – Lost Souls Club – chose Vietnam as one of the destinations during its Asian tour in early 2011. The band met with the local media in HCM City on January 6.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday attended a groundbreaking ceremony at Vietnam’s third largest hydropower plant, in the northwestern province of Lai Chau.

Thiet says goodbye with golds and record; Junior Thien to compete in Australian Open; Minh loses first game at Super Series Finals; Dong Tam Long An sign new coach

Mekong Delta has first int’l gynaecology hospital; Stamp set welcomes the 11th National Party Congress; Laos hands over remains of 89 Vietnamese soldiers to Nghe An; PM greenlights holiday extension

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifteen provinces reported a resumption in foot-and-mouth cases yesterday, Jan 5, only six months after they announced having the disease under control,

As of January 4 afternoon, the traffic to VietNamNet online newspaper has suddenly risen by dozens of times, resulted in the overload of servers.

Vietnamese scientists have announced the discovery of 30 species of do quyen (Rhododendron) in the Hoang Lien national park in Lao Cai, a northern mountain province.

Four Vietnamese singers and 16 other from Southeast Asian countries are competing at the Golden ASEAN Television Golden Voice Festival 2011.

The Department for Management of Overseas Labor has announced that of 26 sailors on Taiwanese FV Shiuh Fu-1 vessel, which was captured by Somali pirates last week, there are 12 Vietnamese.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new BVA/Gallup poll has found that the Vietnamese figures among the top ten optimistic countries in the world regarding the economic outlook for 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) plans to continue implement synchronous measures with the aim to create 1.6 million new jobs in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the second day of the HDBank International Chess Cup in HCM City, Vietnam’s top chess player, international grand master Le Quang Liem had a draw and a winning game.

VietNamNet Bridge – Patients suffering from blood-related diseases are at risk this Tet (lunar new year) due to a national blood shortage.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi was celebrated successfully to honour its thousand-year-old civilization as well as the national history and cultural traditions.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 70,000 low-income households will have new apartments this year, according to Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam.

By offering lower prices and pleasing all the customers’ demands, Chinese people have been successfully selling many technologies to Vietnam.

Late U.S. pop icon Michael Jackson's personal physician has failed to take standard actions the day when the pop star died from a powerful prescription sedative, a prosecutor said at a preliminary hearing held on Tuesday morning.