VietNamNet Bridge – The pure beauty of pink lotus – Vietnam’s national flower – is depicted through body paintings by Tran Lam Binh and Hoang Manh Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the first six months of 2011, taxation bodies dealt with 107 enterprises which declared losses and collected the tax arrears of 2230 billion dong. The figure is expected to reach five trillion dong by the end of the year.

China placed bricks that build the foundation for today’s disputes to seek control of the East Sea over 20 years ago. What will China think and do in the next 10, 20 or 40 years?

Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Friday.

NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater, the U.S. space agency announced Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Four mobile providers want to withdraw the remaining 50 per cent of their deposits for 3G services to invest in infrastructure.

The number of people injured in clashes during Saturday's protests in Cairo rose to 231, official MENA news agency said.

Jumping through a broken window of the deformed train carriage she was trapped in was certainly dangerous, but it also might have saved Feng's life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Spending a few days at a coastal resort on hot, dry days or visiting pagodas during summer retreats are among many things for tourists to experience.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s wind power capacity is significantly potential, but its growth rate is deferred by many difficulties.

Hanoi needs $190 billion to make the city’s development planning for 2011-2020 come true given its current intensive efforts to woo investment capital through the public-private partnership (PPP) model and maintain current growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's climate change adaptation strategies need a long-term focus and should be integrated into mainstream policies targeting sustainable rural development and poverty reduction,

VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors to Sa Dec Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap can admire gardens full of colorful flowers in spring time or visit Huynh Thuy Le House where French hit movie L’amant (The Lover) was filmed.

Japan's Mizuho Corporate Bank is expected to buy an up to 20 percent stake in Vietcombank, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a deal worth more than US$500 million, marking Vietnam's largest-ever inbound acquisition.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday expressed confidence in Greece's getting over the debt crisis, saying that her country and other eurozone members has "historic duty" to defend the euro.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam, having signed a series of Free Trade Agreements with Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand to increase trade and investment opportunities, is negotiating FTAs with the EU.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some Vietnamese beauties paid a visit to Shanghai to advertise Vietnamese tourism in ao dai.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday gave his formal approval for gays to serve openly in the U. S. military, after requirements for repealing the "Don't Ask, Don' t Tell" policy have been met.

Ancient artifacts discovered in Ha Tinh; Mystery Hunting season 3 in Hue, Hoi An, Danang; HCMC to host Asia-wide bartender contest; More Korean literature should be translated here: conference; Chinese drama troupe performs in Hanoi

Vietnam should produce solid policies in order to attract foreign investment and create domestic added value, said Dang Thanh Tam, deputy of the 13th National Assembly, who is also President of the Executive Board of Sai Gon Invest Group.