VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai fights to save the soul music of the Ba Na

VietNamNet Bridge –HCM City plans to build a modern footbridge across the Sai Gon River that will have conveyors for the elderly and the disabled as well as stopovers for admiring the river-view.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fire destroyed at least 100 hectares of keo (acacia auriculiformis) forests in the central Phu Yen Province Saturday, making it the most severe fire in recent years, local authorities said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The third seed--Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam, lost in the final game of the Grand Prix Gold US Open in Los Angeles on July 17, to secure the second place.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs more than VND3.95 trillion (US$189 million) for repairs and upgrades of 402 old bridges throughout the country to ensure traffic safety, according to the Directorate for Roads.

The lawyer of Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak said Mubarak is in a full coma, but hospital sources denied the statement, state TV said on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The East Meets West (EMW) Foundation yesterday launched a new programme – INSPIRE Sports – an initiative to empower people with disabilities in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s tourism revenue in the year’s first half surged a staggering 35.5% to VND62 trillion, or more than US$3 billion, compared to VND45 trillion in the year-ago period, the national tourism body said.

VietNamNet Bridge –Ha Noi ACB breathed a sigh of relief after their 1-0 victory over Khatoco Khanh Hoa yesterday, July 17, at Hang Day Stadium, Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs has completed a proposal to support Vietnamese guest workers returning from Libya with an estimated fund of VND50 billion (US$2.4 million),

VietNamNet Bridge – "My art is to mix the old with the new things in life," says Luong Quoc Thang.

Cuba celebrates with Indochinese friends; Diplomat vows all-round relations with Mexico; Vietnamese, Russian provinces boost cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Committee for Religious Affairs handed over a decision recognising the religious organisation status of the Vietnam Caodaism Society (Binh Duc) yesterday, July 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students brought home five medals from the 42 nd International Physics Olympiad that took place in Thailand from July 8-18.

Although mobile internet usage has been slow to catch on in Vietnam, the popularity of digital media is set to surge in the next 12 months, according to a pre-release of data from Nielsen’s inaugural Southeast Asia Digital Consumer Report.

High-end apartments to shrink in size; Delays likely in office building projects; Lao Bao trade zone gets a master plan; Prices rise despite stabilisation effort; US lowers dumping duties on tra; Tight credit puts pinch on property market    

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba Saturday night, accompanied by his daughter Maria, sources here confirmed to Xinhua.

VietNamNet Bridge – The world-famous boyban from Ireland “Westland” will have only one show in Hanoi on October 1. This is part of a tour to market the band’s 11th album, entitled “Gravity.”

An ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) chairman's statement this week is likely to call for preventative diplomacy to arrest an escalation of territorial spats with China in the East Sea, according to Nikkei newspaper.

A volcano in North Sulawesi in central Indonesia re-erupted on Sunday, the biggest ever since its status was raised to top alert last Sunday, while the number of evacuee climbs to more than 5,000,