HCM City’s authorities are considering cooperating with Russian partners to develop wind power using a new technology which is expected to have the production cost lower by 50 percent compared to the current popularized technologies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The “Fatherland looked from the sea” show was organized at the HCM City Youth Cultural House on August 28, introducing latest songs about Vietnam’s sea and islands.

VietNamNet Bridge – The President on August 29, declared amnesty for more than 10,000 prisoners on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge – Working as a handicraft maker has been a dream for Pham Van Cong since he was put under lock and key 13 years ago in Nam Ha Prison in northern Ha Nam Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many young people have booked tours to islands and beaches, which are not very popular, for the upcoming National Day holiday (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge – The newly appointed Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Binh, has vowed to force the interest rates down to 17-19 percent per annum. Commercial banks are drawing up a plan to meet the commitment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player, Le Quang Liem, won his first match at the World Chess Cup 2011 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang separately received in Hanoi on Aug. 29 foreign ambassadors who presented their credentials.

Mercedes-Benz, the world leading luxury car producer, celebrates the 125th anniversary of its invention of automobile with what it claimed the largest gathering ever, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin on the weekend.

Many domestic and outbound tours on the occasion of National Day holiday, September 2, are still available as more tour programs have been put on this year while demand is in decline.

Aquaculture has flourished in the central region in recent years, but is now encountering several problems, including a shortage of baby shrimp for breeding and polluted groundwater from inadequate waste treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Ambassador to Libya and four embassy staffs are still safe but they are yet able to leave Libya as planned due to fast and complicated developments in the situation in Tripoli,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Border Guard Force of the central coastal city of Da Nang on Aug. 27 handed over a Filipino fisherman to the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam.

Vietnam has been following the national strategy on teaching English at general schools. However, the lack of standardized teachers has been hindering the strategy implementation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top models and beauty queens on August 27-28, performed in new ao dai and wedding dress collections at the “Time of Memories” fashion show in HCM City, and the wedding dress show in Hanoi.

After having walloped the U.S. northeast, post-tropical cyclone Irene on Monday is whipping up strong winds and dumping heavy rain on parts of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada's southeast and leaving thousands without power.

One aircraft from Gulf Air skidded off the runway early Monday morning in port city Cochin of south India, said Press Trust of India.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to run a lot of tourism promotion campaigns in the time to come, in order to attract more tourists from familiar markets, and seek more new markets.

Finance minister Yoshihiko Noda is almost certain to become Japan's next prime minister after beating economy, trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda in a run-off to win the ruling Democratic Party of Japan presidential election

VietNamNet Bridge – Countries attain a middle income level by different ways. Vietnam attains middle income through exporting minerals, raw materials or processing industry of low values.