VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies unanimously agreed with the need for the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control during yesterday's morning session.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister on Monday approved the national strategic population plan and the reproductive health development plan for the 2011-20 period.

The information that Norwegian SN Power Company intends to buy big amounts of stakes of hydropower plants in Vietnam has caught the special attention from the public. This is believed to activate the hydropower merger and acquisition (M&A) market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Army’s Games 2011 opened on November 16, in Chuong My district, Hanoi--by an impressive opening ceremony, held by the Ministry of Defense.

Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue said that the Government had reported the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group’s (Vinashin) debt situation to the National Assembly (NA). At this time, Vinashin is facing the risk of being sued in the UK.

Books on Vietnam War released in the US; Italian Jazz concert to be held in Hanoi and HCM City; British rock musicians to perform in VN; Broadway showtunes to light up Ha Noi; National ‘Cheo’ Festival 2011 to be held

  Multi-level carparks for Ha Noi; British woman killed in Ha Long car crash; Restaurant suspected of serving rare animals; Workshop talks about preventing blindness

VietNamNet Bridge – Do Thi Ngoc Thao, a student at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, took more than three hours on Tuesday to book a train ticket to Vinh using the web address www.vetau.com.vn.

Overexploitation, unreasonable investment and mismanagement on titanium mining areas all have caused big consequences to the environment in Binh Thuan province.

Commercial banks are applying strong measures to demand payment of debts, because they have to run against time to reduce the outstanding loans to non-production sectors to 16 percent by the end of 2011 as requested by the State Bank of Vietnam.

The United States is stepping up its commitment in the Asia-Pacific, with U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announcing the United States will boost military activities in Australia from 2012.

Generations of teachers and students from the Viet Nam National Music Academy who have gone on to enjoy national fame will perform together on stage to celebrate the academy's 55th anniversary.

VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of doctors’ warning of low child-bearing ability after 35 years old, many women dilly-dally to have children.

VietNamNet Bridge – After his first show in Hanoi on July 2011, with singer Tung Duong, world-renowned Vietnamese French Jazz artist Nguyen Le will return to the Hanoi Opera House on December 25.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being accused of lying on a hammock with his married employee in a coffee shop, Judge Huynh Hong Thang, vice chief judge of the People’s Court of Soc Trang City, explained that he only wanted to “console” his subordinate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prolonged dry weather has put the northern provinces of Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, and Lang Son at an extremely high risk of forest fire, the Forest Management Department,

The automobile market has heated up after a long frozen period, following the news that the Hanoi and HCM City authorities may raise the ownership registration tax to 20 percent.

The death toll in a school bus accident that occurred on Wednesday morning in the northwest province of Gansu has risen to 20 following the death of one child later Wednesday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday requested that the Ministry of Finance release the business results of State-run corporations and economic groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – The SEA Games' futsal (indoor football) event kicks off today with Vietnamese teams aiming to go all the way to the finals.