VietNamNet Bridge – In order to prepare them for the first grade starting in September, many Hanoi parents choose to let their kids skip preschool classes to have time for handwriting ones.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has suggested reducing the corporate income tax and extending the VAT payment deadline in an effort to rescue businesses. The package is expected to cost 25 trillion dong.

Vietnam's National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi has received its first request from a foreigner to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic skin disease, according to the hospital director Nguyen Thanh Liem.

Truong Hai Auto Joint Stock Co., or Thaco, has spent US$3.5 million taking over a 51 percent stake in the specialized vehicle manufacturing company Soosung of the Republic of Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is considering a delay in applying the road maintenance fee until January 1, 2013, six months later than scheduled, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has qualified for the 2012 Olympics Games in London, according to the latest from the World Badminton Federation.

 Tennis tournaments to attract top professionals, amateurs; Golfers to tee off for Kings Island tournament; Da Nang's players called up to compete in international quest

Vietnamese, Lao women urged to uphold tradition; NA Chairman meets voters in Ha Tinh Province; VFF leader visits Buddhist patriarch

VietNamNet Bridge – The final shortlist of candidates for the most prestigious football prizes in Viet Nam includes one naturalised player, it was announced yesterday, May 3, in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Holding important positions at banks and working in the most lucrative business field of the national economy can bring both the opportunities to get rich and become moneyless.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government had effectively used the World Bank's financial support, particularly in education and social security, the bank's managing director Mahmoud Mohieldin said yesterday, May 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Transport has uncovered 20 taxi companies operating without licences and suspended 47 taxis from operation following three weeks of inspections.

VietNamNet Bridge – A man died fighting a forest fire in Bac Giang Province on Wednesday, as forests in other northern and central provinces are at extremely high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of southern Dong Nai Province on Wednesday decided to relocate 579 facilities this year, claiming they were hostile to the environment.

Yahoo on Thursday confirmed a shareholder's allegation that its chief executive officer (CEO) Scott Thompson did not have a computer science degree as claimed, saying that it is "an inadvertent error."

According to regulations of FINA, Vietnamese swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc has satisfied conditions to get a ticket to the Olympics 2012, said Mr. Dinh Viet Hung, an official from the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Peddled wares can be seen in every country in the world, including developed economies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Office and the UNDP on May 3 held a seminar in Hanoi discussing the organization and operation of the support system of the Vietnam NA.

Eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, salad dressing and nuts may be associated with lower blood levels of a protein related to Alzheimer's disease and memory problems,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Xuan Huong Lake, a national beautiful landscape in Da Lat City - called the “dreamlike city of Vietnam” – has been found as seriously polluted.