VietNamNet Bridge – The “barefoot billionaires,” who once got rich with farming tra fish, have become moneyless and crippled with debt.

An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted offshore southern Mexican state of Chiapas, Mexico, on Tuesday, a local radio station said.

VietNamNet Bridge – With an outstanding performance named “Da nang Rainbow” on the evening of April 30, a team from Canada won the first prize at the Da nang International Firework Festival 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of May 1, tens of thousands of visitors boarded hundreds of ships to visit the Ha Long Bay, which has been recognized as a new natural wonder of the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five hundred solar treatment systems will be installed in remote areas in HCM City, Da Nang and Ha Noi to supply potable water.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Drug Administration of Viet Nam (DAV) confirmed on Monday that Viet Nam did not use toxic gelatin imported from China to make medicine capsules.

The initial research works carried out in Vietnam about the effects of Artemisinin in 1990-2000 served as a good foundation for the later research works, which led to the decision to use Artemisinin for treating malaria.

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Administration of Customs has dealt with more than 2,200 violations on smuggling, worth a total fine of VND12.3 billion (US$591,000) within one month since March 16.

Public workers get wage, pension rise; PM pledges better care for social beneficiaries; Heat waves to continue in May; Foreigner attacks passer-by after accident in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – 37 years ago, five directions of attack of the southern Vietnam liberation army attacked the last den of the Saigon regime to liberate the south, and re-unify the country.

HCM City to host int’l bartender competition; Dang Thi Thu Thao crowned Miss Mekong Delta 2012; Sapa's Festival in the Clouds kicks off; Thang Long-Thien Truong relationship revealed; New game show to air on HTV

VietNamNet Bridge – The three latest cards belong to weightlifters and rowers, raising the total number to 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – After investing in fish farming and using techniques he learned from a vocational training course, Trieu Duc Phan earned profits of more than VND100 million (US$5,000) last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prices of hotel rooms at popular holiday destinations rose sharply during the four-day holiday beginning last Saturday.

The gold market stays gloomy, while the import-export activities have been quiet, but the dollar prices have been increasing rapidly in recent days.

An event to mark the province's Ha Long Bay being listed as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, the carnival, held last night, was the biggest ever since first held five years ago.

President of the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade Hoang Van Chau met local press to clarify the story about Vietnamese students who have to work as toilet doormen in Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fire blew up at a goldsmith’s shop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in the early morning of April 27, killing four people in a family.

Positive signs were shown in April 2012 in the implementation of the plan to detoxify the dioxin-stricken land and its people.

The annual Viet Nam Sea and Islands Week would take place in the southern city of Vung Tau from June 5 to 8, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced yesterday.