After harsh criticism in the media of the negative impact of online games in August 2010, the Ministry of Information and Communications temporarily discontinued issuing permits for new online games, in order to improve the situation.

Many overseas Vietnamese singers and actors have returned to their homeland to either perform or settle down in the country and develop their careers.

The Ministry of Health yesterday asked localities to maintain drastic measures to prevent the spread of hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease, which saw a 10-fold year-on-year increase in the first five months this year.

Having been recognized as the 2000th Ramsar site of wetlands of international importance, Tram Chim National Park has shown Vietnam’s effort in implementing the Ramsar Convention.

While libraries in many universities and high schools are almost devoid of readers, and piles of books gather dust, many students say they have to spend their own money to buy books, especially during peak examination time.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the summer, many roads in Hanoi are dyed by violet color of crape myrtle flowers or the red color of flamboyant flowers.

The National Assembly has voted to remove NA deputy Dang Thi Hoang Yen from its list of members due to her declaration of dishonesty.

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday and became the first commercial spacecraft to reach the orbital outpost.

When designing new tours, travel firms always have to survey the infrastructure system in order to draw up reasonable products. However, the infrastructure system in Vietnam remains too poor for tourism development.

Amid the strong development of convenience stores, traditional markets have been dieing slowly, while small merchants have lost their bread earner.

Through untold ups and downs, Quan Ho (love duets) has been well preserved generation after generation. On September 30th, 2009 Quan Ho was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind.

A woman in HCM City has used gold masks for 30 times, hoping to have a timeless beauty of queens. The rich keep pursuing their dreams of becoming more beautiful by using gold despite the economic crisis and the escalation of gold price.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s largest city plans to grown one million trees, equivalent to 976 hectares, this year, in a bid to expand the green area in the city.

NA deputies discussed the lax management of state-owned enterprises, which has been the leading cause of corruption and waste of public money.

New terminal facilitates faster sea transport; Ministry hikes import tax on petrol by up to 4%; Bank inks deal with IFC, BNP Paribas; Major equipment contract for thermoelectricity plant signed; Coffee business’ bitter after taste

VietNamNet Bridge – Though they are old, young people have to admire them for their ‘teen-style.’

Vietnam’s export turnover of electronics products is seen growing strongly in the coming time given an influx of new foreign-invested electronics projects being set up and operational ones scaling up production.

Despite a ban issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications on unregistered pre-paid SIM card trading from June 1, many traders have continued to stock the cards and sell them at even higher prices.

Office workers, both newly graduated and senior employees have been haunted by the fear that they would lose the jobs one day, when the companies trying to struggle to survive the difficulties attempt to cut the labor force.

The prolonged heat and dry weather conditions have slowed the cultivation of summer-autumn rice crop in the central region, which is facing a lack of water for irrigation and being threatened with a severe drought.