Vietnam re-elected to the WIPO Co-ordination Committee; VN, Philippines to boost military ties; Hanoi to host ASEM green growth forum; Voters should offer more opinions: Party chief

The production season for the 2012 Tet sale has begun. While producers feel pessimistic, distributors keep optimistic about the purchasing power in the season.

VietNamNet Bridge – At this coffee shop, you will sit down near a black loophole to sip a cup of black coffee and see the sunset on the West Lake.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Kong Xuanyou on September 28 hosted a banquet to mark China’s 62nd National Day (October 1). 

The Environment Police Agency did not raise any lawsuit in the last five years, since its establishment, because the 2005 Environment Protection Law proves to be “too vague”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak have affirmed their commitment to develop bilateral relations, meeting the aspirations of the two peoples.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 38th Run for Peace, organised by Ha Noi Moi newspaper, will be held this Sunday in the capital city.

VietNamNet Bridge – The growing problem of illegal deforestation in Viet Nam has led to a swift response from the Government in order to prevent it from spiralling out of control.

At least 18 people were killed and 35 others wounded Friday in fierce clashes that rocked Yemen's capital Sanaa hours after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned from Riyadh and called for a ceasefire between his troops and foes,

VietNamNet Bridge – Cold winds and fears of hand-foot-mouth disease spread have caused an increasing number of children to be hospitalised at the Ha Noi National Hospital of Paediatrics for respiratory diseases.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials from the Forest Management Department in the southern province of Binh Duong confiscated four white-cheeked gibbons which were kept illegally at two premises in the province.

Rising floodwaters in the Cuu Long Delta have broken several dykes in provinces along the upper reaches of the river, especially in An Giang and Dong Thap, inundating thousands of hectares of the autumn-winter rice crop.

VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Nesat is forecast to hit provinces from northern Quang Ninh to central Nghe An tomorrow afternoon, Sep 30, warned the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam hoped the Dutch Government would offer more support to help the country cope with climate change and build sea defences,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to Vietnam in mid-October with an aim to bolster relations between the two countries in investment and other areas, the Minister of State at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of combination and mutual-understanding among ministries and government agencies in implementing economic-social missions will cause awful consequences.

The Ministry of Education and Training says that primary school students have to carry no more than 9 textbooks to school every day. However, in fact, in order to fulfill their learning duties, students have to bring up to 20 textbooks to school.

A lot of Vietnamese customers, especially the young people, rush to hunt for hi-tech products of the latest generations right after they hit the market, and rush to bargain the products away just after a short time of use.

At least 13 people had been killed amid 72 sickened in 18 states in listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes, making it the most deadly U.S. outbreak of food-borne infection since 1998,

The operator of Shanghai's subway Line 10 admitted Wednesday that human error played a role in Tuesday's train crash that left 189 people injured.