VietNamNet Bridge – More than VND4.1 trillion (US$197 billion) will be spent on upgrading and building boarding schools in mountainous provinces during the 2011-15 period under a new decision signed by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send their strongest-ever athletic team to Indonesia's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with a view to grab 8-10 gold medals in November.

League leaders Valencia and reigning champions FC Barcelona produced 90 minutes of thrilling football in the Mestalla Stadium.

Ethephon, a banned chemical substance, is still used to keep meat fresh in some provinces, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's National Argo-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay official visits to the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Ukraine at the invitations of his counterparts.

Measures to settle disputes in the East Sea peacefully and avoid conflicts on the basis of equality and respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity were discussed at an international seminar in Hanoi on Sept. 21.

A project to pilot the sensor and monitoring system for environment warning and disaster mitigation will be executed in Can Tho and Danang cities within a year from January.

 Egyptian night pushes tourism; TV series on Korean business; Russians soak up Khanh Hoa

Theoretically, Vietnam has grounds to sue for demanding Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand back and win the lawsuit, according to Tran Huu Nam, Deputy Head of the National Office for Intellectual Property NOIP.

Winners of photo contest on Hanoi named; Artist Pham Huy Hung exhibits inspire the human mind and soul; Popular European game show arrives; Vietnam names contestant for Manhunt International  

VietNamNet Bridge – The Uong Bi City People's Committee has closed down Lam Thach 2 Cement Factory and fined it VND30 million (US$1,900) for discharging toxic exhaust fumes into the environment in north-eastern Quang Ninh Province.

The Republic of Malta’s Consulate on Sept. 21 hosted a ceremony to present its consular office in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of 47 years of the country’s National Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Drug prices have increased by 3-10 per cent since early this month due to a price hike in material and other input costs, according to industry insiders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's U23 team will be favourites in their second match against a young team from Aspire Football Academy at the HCM City International Football Tournament today.

VietNamNet Bridge – A low pressure system appeared yesterday over the south-east part of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send 593 athletes to the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to compete in 30 sports, the national Olympics Committee announced yesterday, Sep 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households in central Quang Ngai Province's Binh Thuan Commune are struggling with the awful odour of a gas leak in the Dung Quat Port area.

 Vietnam does not have many schools training navigators, while navigation school graduates refuse to take this job.

It is estimated that one million tons of hazardous waste is generated from the industrial production every day. Only 60 percent of this volume is treated, while the remaining 40 percent is discharged to the environment without treatment.

The decision by the government to raise the minimum wage from October 1, 2011, or three months earlier than previously planned, has brought more worries than joys to laborers. Meanwhile, this has also raised the worry about the new wave of strikes.