Green Planet brings helicopters to Vietnam not to serve some VIPs, but serve everybody, because it plans to make aviation services become a kind of service affordable to everyone.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son now stands among the top 100 men chess players in the world, according to the latest World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings.

Hanoi to host concert and exhibition on Austrian composer Franz Liszt; Musician Nguyen Nam dies of cancer; Miss Ethnic Vietnam semifinal attracts 60 northern contestants; Mausoleum, Memorial Monument will re-open to public  

Information technology (IT) firms have suggested the application of PPP (public private partnership) mechanism in implementing projects, hoping that this will create a breakthrough for the capital arrangement for the projects.

“You can see green from a helicopter but the natural forest is not much. Timber quality is also poor,” said deputy Do Ngoc Nien from Binh Thuan at the National Assembly meeting on the plan to grow 5 million hectares of forest on November 1.

Once the new gold market management mechanism takes effect, only one or two enterprises capable to make bullion gold will be able to exist, while the number of bullion gold traders would be modest.

Leader vows to facilitate foreign NGO operations; Month-long media campaign targets tobacco; Uncertified meat poses risks; Uninfectious diseases increase sharply; Fatty liver disease, hepatitis a growing concern in Vietnam    

VietNamNet Bridge – At the cost of nearly VND3 billion ($140,000), a small-scaled amusement park for children was inaugurated at HCM City’s 23/9 Park on November 1.

Scientists have rung the alarm bell over the protection of rare and endemic animals in Vietnam, warning that a lot of species are facing the risk of getting extinct.

Financial advisory committee formed; New plans set for aquaculture; Overseas remittance to Vietnam to hit US$8.5 billion; Exports to Middle East to reach US$2.4 billion; Mining projects destroy northern provinces

Following the overwhelming success of gaining full membership of the state of Palestine in the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO on Monday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has come under a salvo of attacks over his comments that Britain would withhold aid to countries that do not reform legislation banning homosexuality.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan met with Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Masaharu Nakagawa in Tokyo on October 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – While industrial zones (IZs), golf and seaport projects are allocated with land very easily, there are not enough kindergartens and schools for kids because of land shortages.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will not switch from firing squad to lethal injection for executions on November 1 as planned, due to lack of facilities and human resources. This is the second time it has been delayed.

VietNamNet Bridge – While laying the foundation of a bar at Hanoi’s Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel, construction workers accidentally discovered an air raid shelter allegedly created during the war.

The Northeast German Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with artists from around the world tomorrow night in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Traffic situation and Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang were the highlights at the National Assembly meeting on the supervision program for 2012.

Listed companies, which are considered the best ones in the national economy, have also reported the bad business performance for the first three quarters of the year.

The planning of Greek plebiscite on the bailout package reached at eurozone summit and the associated austerity requirements has plunged the financial markets into a frenzy, as the German DAX index slumped by five percent on Tuesday.