A slew of hotels in HCMC, one of the country’s key destinations for international tourists, has pushed down room rates to attract guests as low occupancy has severely affected their revenues.

VietNamNet Bridge – Midfielder Pham Thanh Luong and goalkeeper Kieu Trinh have won the Vietnam Golden Ball 2011, outdistancing the second candidates.

At least 55 people were killed and 370 others wounded when twin suicide bombings shook an intelligence complex in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, the latest in a string of bombings that has been pushing . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – “Dirty vegetables” is the word used to describe the vegetables with toxic chemical residues that harm people. The problem is that dirty vegetables and dirty food have been teeming on the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The documents about the second-phase development of the HCM City hi-tech park project (SHTP), expected to cover an area of 613 hectares has been put on the table of the HCM City's leaders.

VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of the land plots in the environs of Hanoi, suitable for resorts and villas, have bounced back quickly thanks to the low prices and the rapid development of the domestic tourism market.

Probiotics, live microbes that can lead to more balanced stomach bacteria levels, may help reduce diarrhea associated with antibiotic use, says a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Firms urged to be honest when applying for credit; Banks to select borrowers for new lending rate cap; Farm produce prices fall due to heat wave, animal diseases; Rubber strategy gets approval; Ministry mulls using toll to expand national highway

Senior officials at the ‘Voice of Vietnam’ radio network on May 9 confirmed that so far the network had not received any further reports from the northern province of Hung Yen about two of their reporters being beaten

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts on May 10 announced to discover many strange fauna and flora species in the Thien Duong (Heaven) cave in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a world natural heritage site in central Vietnam.

There have been too many barriers that prevent PPP (public private partnership) from getting more popular in Vietnam. No considerable progress has been made since the day the first project under the PPP mode kicked off in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The An Giang People's Committee has required the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to implement a comprehensive study on the Cam Mountains to avoid possible landslides and falling rocks.

VietNamNet Bridge - UVa Astronomy Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan has been awarded the Cino Del Duca World Prize for 2012 from the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation.

After the local media reported of over 17,000 pills filled with powdered made of dead human fetuses seized by customs officers in South Korea, the Vietnam Drug Administration has asked local health departments to inspect the market.

Manga artists compete for award; Exhibition explores river landscapes; HCM City to celebrate National Day of Brittany; Fund-raising flash mob dances for poor children

Rescuers have seen the body of missing Sukhoi super-jet 100 with over 50 people on board at the slope of a mountain of Gunung Salak in Bogor regency of West Java on Thursday morning, rescuer said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Russian artist Boris Simionovich Iliukhin is holding his debut exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The Search and Rescue Agency on Thursday displayed the picture of wreckage of the Sukhoi super jet- 100 plane that was broken into many small pieces at the slope of a mountain in Bogor regency near Jakarta,

U.S. mortgage giant Fannie Mae said Wednesday it had returned to profitability and would not need Treasury aid for the first time since the financial crisis.

Dong Nai authorities inspect petrol stations; More remains of Vietnamese martyrs repatriated from Laos; Two Chinese held for allegedly robbing taxi; Foreigners seek stem cell treatments