Can Tho hosted an online dialogue on the Government website yesterday to review the implementation of the Politburo's Resolution 21 on socio-economic development and security defence of the Mekong Delta River

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Dong of Can Tho won the eighth stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Cup yesterday, April 22, while Nguyen Mai Hung from Sai Gon Plant Protection retained the yellow jersey.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees. However, while the rubber projects still cannot bring profits, the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Vietnamese information technology (IT) firms which have just returned from CeBIT 2012, an IT trade fair, keep optimistic about their opportunities in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam was developing green architecture to curb environmental pollution and offer sustainable living conditions, said Nguyen Tan Van, chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Architects (VAA),

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will inject VND1.7 trillion (US$80 million) into the national new rural-area programme in 2012, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

VietNamNet Bridge – A speeding coach in the rain--ran straight into a roadside coffee shop in Phu Giao district of the southern province of Binh Duong, and overturned--killing one and injuring 13 people.

The spokesman of the advance team of UN observers said the group visited two central regions and established contacts with all parties there on Sunday.

Every parent wants to send their children to prestigious schools believed to provide high quality education. However, as the number of schools is limited, parents have to scramble for the seats at the schools by paying big moneys.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Tony Tan Keng Yam arrived in Hanoi on April 23, beginning a four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Amendments will be made to Viet Nam's tax agent regulations to boost effectiveness, according to Deputy Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) Vu Van Truong.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ending its spring meetings with pledges of more than 430 billion U.S. dollars from individual countries in efforts to counter any fallout from the eurozone debt crisis.

Young fencer Nguyen Tien Nhat has earned a berth at the coming London Olympics after cruising into the finals of the Games’ Asian qualifying round in Japan on April 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – Aphrodisiacs in general and products for women are banned in in Vietnam but users can buy them quite easy, says an official from HCM City.

Provincial authorities now tend to make decisions of their own under the decentralization mechanism. However, in many cases, their decisions come contrary to the nation’s laws.

All candidates of France's presedential election have cast their votes by 12 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) on Sunday in the first round of the election, as the voting is underway and will continue until 8 p.m. (1800 GMT).

A victim died and dozens of others are still in hospital one day after the train collision in the Netherlands, Dutch News Agency ANP said on Sunday.

The Department of Disaster Mitigation and Prevention on Sunday announced drought disaster zones in 42 out of 77 provinces across Thailand.

Tourists often come to Dong Hoi District in Quang Binh Province for one reason – the magnificent Luy Thay (Master Rampart) on the Nhat Le River.