VietNamNet Bridge – There are circumstances that quietness doesn’t help us to avoid danger, but enhances the danger because the quietness misleads others as feebleness

Deputy Defense Minister Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh joined senior defense officials from 22 other ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) member countries at the eighth ARF Security Policy Conference in Indonesia Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Motorists have objected a plan by the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) to impose an ownership fee on car and motorbike owners.

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has endorsed a plan to develop the hi-tech sector, with the country visioning to have up to 500 enterprises producing hi-tech products within the next ten years from the current 100 firms.

After an hour by boat from Nha Trang city, the Noi and Ngoai islands, home to thousands of salanganes, appear on the horizon.

While a worrisome U.S. jobless report and other data have in recent days stirred fears of a double-dip recession, a number of economists said such a scenario is unlikely, rather, the economy will continue to recover,

Norwegian-flagged Viking 2, a 3D seismic conducting vessel, which had its exploration cables damaged by a Chinese ship in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone on Thursday, kept a detailed journal of the events that unfolded.

A 57-year-old man died of E. coli infection in Germany's Frankfurt Thursday, pushing the death toll from the bacteria to 30. The man had traveled with his wife to the city of Hamburg, an epicenter of the outbreak, Frankfurt authority said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The latest reports show that the underground water level in HCM City has fallen to – (minus) 46 meters, while the water reserves in the city have also been decreasing rapidly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides a series of newly issued documents on defining the values of goods, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) says it is considering amending the law on tax management in an effort to combat with the behaviors of “price transfer”.

VietNamNet Bridge – A proposal has been submitted to the Government to establish control forces to protect fisheries in Viet Nam's territorial waters, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of summer clubs for children has forced Hanoian parents to queue up for long hours to register their children for summer courses at centres.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new school curriculum is being planned in an effort to comprehensively revamp the education system, the Ministry of Education and Training said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Faces of Asian Ethnic Groups is the theme of a photo exhibition of a French photographer, which has opened in Hue.

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. . .

Billion-dollar FDI projects become quite scarce in the first five months of this year, while a number of mammoth ones licensed earlier have been revoked because of financial incapacity on the part of the investors.

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