VietNamNet Bridge – A man seated on a humble cyclo gives directions to a fellow citizen leaning out of an expensive car. In the background, old and new buildings occupy the skyline without fuss.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s oldest woman and probably the world’s oldest on Saturday died at the age of 119 in the southern province of Long An.

A bomb threat Sunday briefly locked down the Ronald Reagan National Airport near U.S. capital Washington D.C.. But authorities later said nothing hazardous was found.

Libyan rebels denied Sunday that they are engaged in negotiations with leader Muammar Gaddafi's government and said the financial aid will be available in the coming days.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national U16 team has got together at the National Youth Football Training Centre in Ha Noi to prepare for Southeast Asia U16 Football (AFF U16) Championships taking place in Vientiane, Laos, from July 7-20.

Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong left Ha Noi, together with his wife, today on an official visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood processors are facing a severe shortage of raw materials and have called on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to make concrete plans to resolve this.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAG) has raised $90 million from successful bond issuance in the Singaporean market for its new hydropower and rubber plantation projects in Vietnam and Laos.

VietNamNet Bridge – A storm is expected to hit the northern coast, according to the National Hydro Meteorology Forecasting Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – The East Sea is great potential in oil and gas, many rare metals and one of the five areas with high reserves of methane hydrate, said Prof. Dr. Tran Nghi from the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences’ Geology Faculty.

The size of low-oxygen zones created by respiring bacteria is extremely sensitive to changes in depth caused by oscillations in climate, thus posing a distant threat to marine life, a new study suggests.

Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, the Philippines and Singapore all call for seeking a peaceful solution and using the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to settle disputes in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts and E5 petrol distributors have urged the government to take drastic measures to encourage the use of biofuels.

VietNamNet Bridge – Taking abuse of the language barrier, many foreigners do not wear helmets while riding motorbikes in Hanoi streets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Northern folk singing will be introduced as an official bachelor subject at the Faculty of Heritage Music, set up in 2007 and part of the Hue Music Academy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have licensed the West Lake Co., Ltd to pilot tramcar project in the West Lake.

The Japanese gaming company Sega Corp. said in a statement on Sunday some personal information from more than 1.2 million registered users had been stolen after the website of its subsidiary based in Britain was hacked.

Vung Tau approves 30 new projects; New SSC draft guidelines to continue margin lending ratio; Law to protect consumer interests; Demand on the rise for pharmaceutical imports; Government sells $29m in 10-year bonds

“Publicizing information and showing clear attitude to create unity is the vital factor to defend the country. The people must believe that the State has sufficiently firm stuff, experience and international relations to defend sovereignty”.

The HIV/AIDS patients in the U.S. state of Florida are in dispute with state authorities over a proposal to impose tighter restrictions on those who qualify for drugs provided by the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).