VietNamNet Bridge – With the total coastline length of more than 3000 kilometers, Vietnam is believed to have great potentials to develop wind power. However, it has been warned that running wind power projects at sea would be very costly.

Experts and academics from Europe, Asia, Australia and the host country Russia recently met in St Petersburg to attend an international seminar on security issues in East Asia and the East Sea.

If going to Bac Kan this season, one would see the green immense mountains and the forests. Alternate natural and plantation forests spread out along the hillsides and mountain slopes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My, the first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant, has been invited to attend the launching ceremony of “The Avengers” blockbuster in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

The General Department of Customs (GDC) has released the warning that foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have been making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the laws to refuse to pay tax debts and run away.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Dap canh giua khong trung” (Wings in the Air), the first feature movie by Nguyen Hoang Diep will represent Vietnam at the Cannes Film Festival, though the film is being shot this October.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saying that Toyota Vietnam disciplined engineer Le Van Tach because of being “bothered” is legal. The jury dismissed Mr. Tach’s complaint.

A group of bridge builders were working at a construction site near the National Highway in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province when a bomb exploded, blowing away a stake press and injuring two workers on the afternoon of April 10.

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VietNamNet Bridge – The Da nang authorities have released public information about ticket prices and ticket selling addresses for the upcoming international firework festival 2012 in the city.

Viet Nam had the right to levy taxes on all transactions involving sales made in the country, including online advertising services provided by Google and Facebook, said deputy director of the Ministry of Finance's Tax Policy Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – People who were working on high floors of buildings in Hanoi and HCM City felt shaking from furniture at nearly 4pm this afternoon, April 11.

Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was elected as first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at a party conference here Wednesday, official news agency KCNA reported.

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing out of their homes and offices in fear.

The Vietnamese national disability swimming squad on Monday concluded their participations at the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield, bringing home eight tickets to attend the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Transportation’s inspectors kicked of a large-scale inspection over the city’s taxi firms on April 10, says chief inspector Nguyen Hoang Giap.

VietNamNet Bridge – A mine exploded on the afternoon of April 9, killing one and injuring another in Tuy Phong district in the central province of Binh Thuan.

The Vietnam Craft Village Association has repeatedly warned about the decline of famous craft villages. Some villages stay alive, but cannot sell products due to the market narrowing. Others have shut down their production or laid off workers.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) yesterday cut the deposit interest rates by 1 per cent for one-month and longer-term deposits, bringing the rate down to 12 per cent per annum effective from today.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s sports sector is urgently preparing for the 2012 London Olympics, by sending its top athletes to a lot of international sport events.