Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to inspect, assess and map landslide prone mountainous areas in 37 provinces of Vietnam, to be conducted from this year until 2020.  

Hong Van Commune in Thuong Tin district of Hanoi was one time called the “billionaires’ village,” where ornamental plants could be sold at several billions of dong, helping local residents turn into billionaires.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 130 children have been hospitalised in the last three months due to suffering from serious lead contamination caused by disqualified traditional medicine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two children drowned in Binh Phuoc Province, a person was electrocuted to death, and 5 others were injured in Binh Duong during the storm that hit Southern Vietnam Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Arte, a cultural television channel of France and Germany, is shooting a film about the iconic turtle in the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake of Hanoi, later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that a united, strong and closely linked ASEAN is not only in the common interest of the whole bloc but also the strategic goal of all member countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi needed to focus on a master plan to develop its education system and school network towards 2020 with a vision towards 2030.

Ford, Chrysler and General Motors (GM), the commonly known "Big Three" American automakers, all recorded strong performances in March, with their U.S. auto sales driven primarily by the growing demand and popularity

More overpasses proposed in Ha Noi; 96 inmates escape rehab center in northern city; Meat samples show banned substances; Hundreds of companies restrain workers’ salary rates

Effective April 13, 2012 the US Department of State will adjust visa processing fees, with most nonimmigrant visa fees to be increased, according to a notice released by the US Embassy in Hanoi yesterday, April 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of elderly people in northern Thai Binh Province's Tien Hai District have actively contributed to improving public health and curbing the use of alcohol and cigarettes.

FC Barcelona produced a convincing display to defeat AC Milan 3-1 in the return leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.

Fellipe Bastos scored two goals as Vasco de Gama defeated Alianza Lima 2-1 in their Copa Libertadores match at Lima's Alejandro Villanueva Stadium on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Singapore will soon sign an agreement on mutual recognition of hygiene and quarantine of animals and plants to boost farm produce exports.

More than a dozen people were wounded when multiple tornadoes slammed the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the U.S. state of Texas on Tuesday, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Winners of the fifth semi-final show of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012 were announced on the evening of April 3, including two little dancers Bao Ngoc and Dang Quan and Moc group.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs over US$10 billion to clear the huge volume of landmines and unexploded ordnances that pollute more than 20 percent of the country’s area, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Education for Nature (ENV) has launched a film making competition called “Say No to Bear Gall” to encourage Vietnamese people to protect bears in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television and Cat Tien Sa Company are producing a music-based reality show based on Star Academy broadcast on American television.

More streets will be turned into one-way streets this year as part of efforts to streamline traffic flow and reduce congestion in HCM City which is home to more than 8 million people and have 5 million motorbikes and thousands of automobiles.