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Basketball player dies on playground

VietNamNet Bridge – While preparing to replace his teammate during a match on March 25, a player of the Soc Trang province basketball team suddenly fell onto the floor and died.

Man Utd legends arrive in VN

VietNamNet Bridge – Football legends Denis Irwin and Gordon McQueen will arrive in HCM City today as part of their Asian tour.

Dredging delay puts orchards in danger

VietNamNet Bridge – Delays in a project to dredge upstream sections of the Ba Lai River in southern Ben Tre Province have hindered traffic circulation and flooded local orchards, creating a lot of difficulties for residents.

NA delegation visits Laos

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly Council of Ethnic Affairs led by Deputy Head Trieu Thi Nai is on a working visit to Laos from March 24-30.

Vietnamese PM’s activities at Nuclear Security Summit (photo)

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his wife and the Vietnamese delegation arrived in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 26 to attend the Nuclear Security Summit.

Math professor’s novel is best seller at HCM City festival

VietNamNet Bridge – The one-week HCM City Book Festival closed on March 25, with a total revenue of VND30 billion (over US$1.4million) from selling nearly 5 million books.

Van Trang stands out in the second night of Dancing with the Stars (photo)

VietNamNet Bridge – Actress Van Trang showed off her curves and her flexibility in a black-white fringe costume when she performed Cha cha cha with Vasil in the first competition night of the Dancing with the Stars 2012 on March 25.

Vietnamese investors hunting for foreign developed resorts (part 2)

The Vietnamese tycoons in the real estate sector believe that it is now the right time to buy real estate products, as the market’s difficulties have made the products cheaper.

Health Minister commits to reduce hospital overload after 2015

VietNamNet Bridge - Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien told the National Assembly Standing Committee--that reducing the overload at state-owned hospitals in big cities is one of the ministry’s key tasks until 2015.

Gender imbalance rate highest in central province

VietNamNet Bridge – The gender rate of newborn babies in the central province of Quang Ngai is 100 girls/117.3 boys, the highest imbalance rate in the central and Central Highland regions of Vietnam.

Hang easily defends national cross-country title in Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thanh Hang easily defended her title in the women's 5km event at the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper's national cross-country run and semi-marathon in Hue City on Sunday.

Vietnam’s most famous female DJ passes away at 30

VietNamNet Bridge – DJ Bo, the beautiful “magician of sound”, died at 7am, March 25. She was only 30.

Vietnam, China ink deal on Bac Luan 2 bridge

The Ministries of Transport of Vietnam and China signed an agreement and a protocol on building Bac Luan 2 bridge connecting Mong Cai in northern coastal Quang Ninh province with Dongxing in China’s Guangxi province.

Tougher penalties against illegal food additives

Tough penalties will be used to end entrenched abuses in the catering industry, such as the use of poppy capsules, a major source of many opiates, and industrial coloring agents, according to the top food administrator.

NATO missile defense not targeting Russia: Rasmussen

The U.S.-led NATO missile defense system is not targeting Russia, so Russia's deployment of offensive weapons against the system would be a waste of money, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday.

Suicide cases show Vietnamese students lack life skills

Psychologists have pointed out that the increasing number of students committing suicides show the lack of life skills of Vietnamese students and the inappropriate attention of schools to the teaching of life skills to students.

Smart phones – the prey for high-tech crimes

More and more holes and malicious codes on smart phones have been discovered recently, while experts have warned that smart phones could be the targets for high-tech crimes.

2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit begins morning plenary session

The morning plenary session of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit started here Tuesday morning, with leaders and representatives from more than 50 nations and four international institutions discussing the response to nuclear terrorism,

U.S. research points to possible new route to fight dengue virus

U.S. researchers have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection.

MOF accepts preferential fees to rescue Cai Mep – Thi Vai port developers

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has decided to offer preferential fees in an effort to rescue the Cai Mep – Thi Vai port developers who have seen the number of international ships going in and out decreasing sharply.