VietNamNet Bridge – People in the southwestern region are struggling with flood, which has exceeded the first critical level. However, fishermen are very excited.

At the age of 34, Vo Nguyen Giap was appointed as the first Minister of Home Affairs of the Provisional Government. One year later, he became the Minister of Defense and was conferred the High-ranking General title at the age of 37.

Higher employment rate and better wages will be main focuses during the new term of the Ministry of Invalids, Labor and Social Affairs, newly-elected minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen has said.

Vietnam’s sovereign debts remain within the safety line. The most important thing for now is to control the debts, or the debts may become a heavy burden on the national economy and the whole society.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people let out a yawn at classical music because not everyone understands the complexity of the genre.

Libyan rebels announced late Thursday to transfer their leadership from Benghazi to the capital Tripoli.

VietNamNet Bridge – Old temples, towers, young couples, young girls in ao dai… are beautiful moments captured by photographers which are introduced at the Photo Exhibition of the Central and Central Highland Regions.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are only two professional golf players in Vietnam: Tran Le Duy Bac in the south and Nguyen Thai Duong in the north.

Bank lending interest rates in HCM City have dropped to as low as 17 per cent as banks have begun to cut rates that had reached up to 25 per cent.

A workshop on capital assistance for Vietnam-Italy joint ventures to strengthen cooperative opportunities and investment between the two countries’ businesses took place on Thursday in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top seed Nguyen Tien Minh is on track at the HCM City Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Grand Prix Open after his victory yesterday, Aug 25, at the Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium.

Despite the encouragement by the government and the investment incentives, Vietnam still cannot develop supporting industries, the thing which is believed to play a key role in the national economic development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top five gymnasts are set to compete at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo on October 7-16, announced the Viet Nam Gymnastics Federation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s most dynamic city, HCM City, is nearly sleepless with streets of overnight restaurants.

At least 12 people including two soldiers were killed and 17 others injured in a blast that hit a hotel in Pakistan's northwest city of Nowshera on Thursday night, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.

VietNamNet Bridge – The comment made by a US Embassy spokesperson raising concern over the temporary detention of several persons on August 21 in Ha Noi was wrong and unsuitable.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government has shown it will not play favourites by once again going slow on Nokia’s request for generous investment incentives.

President Truong Tan Sang yesterday affirmed that Viet Nam would create favourable conditions for ambassadors to fulfil their tasks while receiving newly appointed ambassadors from China, Laos, Mexico, Turkey and Switzerland.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Sudanese Ambassador to Viet Nam, Adil Ibrahim Mustafa Ahmed, yesterday, Aug 25, inaugurated his nation's honorary consulate in HCM City and introduced the honorary consul, a Vietnamese national.

Anticipating that there would not be many students to enroll, non-state universities have been trying to lure students by offering scholarships and awards.