The Flame of Hope, Faith and Love for this summer's Special Olympics World Games Athens 2011 was lit on Thursday at the archaeological site of Pnyx under the Acropolis hill in a ritual ceremony. . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Photographer Quang Phung has dreamt of showing off his Guom (Sword) Lake photographs for decades.

Disabled athletes win three golds at Dortmund badminton tourney; Karate youth ready themselves for National Clubs Cup; Second world vovinam championship to start; Viet Nam beat Jordan to progress in Olympic qualifiers

VN, Russia to foster closer security ties; Vietnam suggests increasing HIV/AIDS prevention; Fatherland Front delegation visits China

Rabid dogs bite 26 people in Lao Cai; Teen could get 12 years in jail over child rape; Father offers to sell 6-month-old son; Families drop charges against Din Ky staff

VietNamNet Bridge – Only 100 out of 150 universities and 81 out of 226 junior colleges have completed the self-assessment work, a part of the procedure to have schools accredited.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new virus strain that has been blamed for increasing the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year has appeared in central Quang Tri Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The world’s first 3-dimension scientific reportage is about Vietnam’s Son Doong cave and it will be broadcast in 60 countries on June 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - Simax Lithography BV, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Simax International BV, on Monday received an investment certificate for developing a semiconductor center at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Official development assistance (ODA) from South Korea would be more than doubled to reach US$3 billion by 2015, said South Korea's new Ambassador to Viet Nam Ha Chan Ho yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recent inspections on Ha Noi buses and passenger vehicles, revealed that around 20 per cent did not meet technical safety and environmental protection standards, according to the Viet Nam Registry Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Shrimp farmers in the coastal provinces of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have seen stocks decimated by the worst outbreak of disease in the sector's history.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's riders dominated yesterday's 74km stage from Soc Trang City to Vi Thanh Town in Hau Giang Province during the Return to the Countryside cycling tournament.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Thursday Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it is going to transfer its nuclear enrichment activities to a new site, the official IRNA news agency reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the popular 3D TVs priced at 15-20 million dong, the high class products worth hundreds of million dong have been selling well in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The capital has welcomed 5.7 million tourists during the first five months of 2011, according to the Ha Noi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - The poor’s nominal income does not rise as rapidly as the consumer price index. As a result, low-income families are extremely vulnerable to price hikes.

VietNamNet Bridge – A low pressure Thursday morning moved towards the east of the East Sea and then turned out to be a  tropical low pressure, National Hydrometeorology Forecasting Center (NHFC) has said.

Auto imports soar during first five months; Petrolimex okay to equitise; Trade deficit to reach $7.5b in H1: MPI; Domestic pork prices expected to start falling by mid June; Ha Noi targets 10-12 per cent export growth rate by 2015

The number of refugees who have left the violence-shadowed northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour to neighboring Turkey has acceded 2,400, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday.