Water-colour painting is a genre of art that originated in China. The paintings are done using Chinese ink on paper or silk. The main subjects of the paintings are trees, flowers, landscapes, animals and humans. Each painting includes a poem.

Soldier river barb fish and carp are both specialties of the Mekong Delta as well as species in need of urgent protection. In appearance they are similar, having white scales, red dorsal fins, weighing about 5 kilos, with tasty flesh and few bones.

VietNamNet Bridge - Six people were killed and two others were injured in a rockslide at the Cam Mountain in the southern province of An Giang Province at 8am on May 5.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially launched its largest financing initiative, the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), on May 3 in the Filipino capital Manila,

The ASEAN Committee for Consumer Protection (ACCP) has launched a new website, www.aseanconsumer.org, to help consumers with recalled or banned products, explain the compensation mechanism and provide general information.

The amended draft Labor Code has gone through a lot of debates and consultation at various levels over a long period of time before it will be submitted to the National Assembly for adoption in the upcoming third session.

In Saigon, a girl and her friends have collected abandoned cats and dogs for treatment and care. Then, they find new homes for these pitiful animals.

VietNamNet Bridge – 100 rare black and white pictures depicting the landscapes and people of Saigon in the past were displayed at Le Van Tam Park in HCM City, at the HCM City Book Fair in March. Below are some of them:

In January 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued Decision 62/2012/QD-BTC on Approving Plan on Restructuring Securities Companies.

Inflation eased to 10.5 per cent year-on-year in April from 14.1 per cent in March, and a monthly report from HSBC expects headline inflation to fall to a single-digit level by May.

From a poor pupil in a small village school, with his enduring effort and an ability to grasp any opportunity available, Truong Nguyen Thanh strived hard to become a professor and doctor of science at a famous American university.

Vietnam only exploited 5 percent of its renewable energy potential and the Government sets the target to increase to figure to 11 per cent by 2050.

Public investment, while widely seen as inefficient, has also slipped out of central agencies’ control due to the excessively decentralized mechanism, according to reports prepared for a seminar to be held in Hanoi on Thursday.

On the first days of Tet (the traditional lunar New Year’s festival), Hanoians have a chance to enjoy Bai Choi singing - a special music genre of people in Tay Son, Binh Dinh Province.

The final round of Viet Nam Robot Contest 2012 (Robocon) will take place on May 7-13 in HCM City.

A lot of big guys, who have been prospering in the world market, did not succeed with their business performance in Vietnam and have to leave the potential market.

Killer disease still baffles scientists; VN workers maltreated in Russia; Automatic bus ticket system planned; Ha Noi funds fight against bird flu; Elderly people live hard life: survey shows; Ministry requests close monitoring of forest fire risk

Dogma Prize has VND120 mil. up for grabs; Over 500 people join Crescent Mall dance; Black Voices to hit Hanoi stage; Indonesian dancers perform in town

A 97-year-old Australian man will set another world record for being the oldest university graduate in the world, local media reported on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Peach fruit have ripened in Moc Chau plateau of the northern province of Son La. This is an important source of income of ethnic minority people.