VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched yesterday a campaign that seeks to identify 100 "exciting things" about HCM City by opening up several categories for people, locals and foreigners, to vote on.

Exhibition “Dust”; Concert of Francesco Tristano; Conference on Village Regulations in Vietnam; Guitar Concert with Fabricio Mattos; Australian Dance Company Performs in Hanoi; Special Screening about Music; Special Cabaret Night Gainsbourg;

Specific plans for restructuring each unhealthy bank are now available, said Governor Nguyen Van Binh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) in a document replying to the questions raised by a National Assembly (NA) deputy.

Plagued by dismal economic statistics, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday offered his vision to grow the economy, create more jobs, and pay down the national debt, outlining his economic plan for reelection,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vegetable and fresh meat stalls in cities nationwide will be required to sell products supplied by enterprises with registered label and quality certificates by 2015, according to a Ministry of Planning and Investment proposal.

Microfinance helps HIV business starters; VN joins in int'l gifts, stationery fair in Malaysia; Three tonnes of rotten pork seized in capital; Police charge six men with stealing goods

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of applications for the 2012 university and college entrance examinations has reduced by 7.7 per cent compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will inaugurate its first centre on research and technology transfer of rare earth in the Dan Phuong district of Ha Noi tomorrow, June 16.

Vietnam seeks further UNESCO assistance; Former ambassador receives Friendship Order; Border children boost VN-China friendship

More than 250 teachers in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have completed an intensive training programme focused on the special needs of disabled and ethnic students as part of a three-year,

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told the Ministry of Science and Technology to speed up the investigation of the impacts of petrol on vehicle fires.

Education and training departments in many provinces and cities have drawn up plans to improve the quality of local English teachers through further training after discovering that most achieved very low scores in international English tests.

Liem does French team proud; VN volleyballers enjoy first wins; Phung leads U-20s at chess tourney

Resort earns second Agoda award; Da Nang holds tour promotion; Phu Quoc named eco-tourism centre; Chinese tour firms spur price war

The central region does not receive many travelers, even though it is now the high season of the year. The multi-million dollar resorts in the region have been left idle.

VietNamNet Bridge – A two-hour downpour has turned many streets in Hanoi into small rivers on the afternoon of June 14.

Although the Minister of Planning and Investment affirmed to “not use budget capital to buy bad debts of banks,” many deputies wondered where does VND100 trillion ($5 billion) come from to buy bad debts, at the proposal of the central bank.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Ranh Gioi Trang Den” (White-Black Boundary) will be released in four Southeast Asian countries on July 6 to become the first Vietnamese movie that reaches out the regional market.

Experts from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute and the Museum of Tuyen Quang Province collected a fossil tooth of an elephant in May 2012, during an archaeological survey in Son Duong district in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi police on June 13 announced to discover a private establishment that sold food processed from dead pork.