A birthday party's dinner guests were bubbling with cheer until the subject of China came up, causing some of the Thais to suddenly turn gloomy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty State enterprises and private companies have been engaging in a project organised by the Ha Noi Department of Construction to renovate lakes located in the capital city,

German top player Juliane Schenk became the one and only women's singles player that knocked out a Chinese counterpart at the London Badminton World Championships so far as the ninth seed edged Jiang Yanjiao on Thursday

VietNamNet Bridge – The global campaign on climate change 350.org was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11.

Lawyers get first professional code; Ministry eyes hike in minimum wage; Ha Noi police crack down on illegal parking; Da Lat official assaults, threatens people

Possessing a dense river and canal network and modern wharf system, but HCM City still cannot develop its waterway tourism.

The weakening of the US dollar against other hard foreign currencies including the Singaporean dollar, Australian dollar, Chinese yuan or Japanese yen has made the travel more costly and slashed the profits of export companies.

Wall Street bounced back Thursday with the S&P and NASDAQ jumping over 4 percent, showing investors' relief over the improved European debt situation and the U.S. job market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Le Tinh and her group of American friends were thrilled to arrive at Phu Cuong Waterfall in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam does not have a policy of allowing Chinese investors in bauxite projects in the Central Highlands, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national frontier security the northern provinces was stable in the first half, Lt-Gen Tran Hoa said at a conference yesterday, Aug 11, in Lao Cai.

VietNamNet Bridge – More 220 households in Long Thanh District in southern Dong Nai Province were given pollution compensation money of about VND800 million (US$38,400) from the Taiwanese company Vedan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gold is really the big resources for the national economy. However, when the gold market becomes unstable, gold could be a hard pressure on the national economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-five Vietnamese have been selected to study in the US in the fall of 2012 under fellowships granted by the Viet Nam Education Fund (VEF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with voters in Tay Ho district, Hanoi on August 11 to report the results of the first session of the 13th National Assembly and listen to their opinions and concerns.

VietNamNet Bridge – Players from HCM City won four gold medals and four silver medals to finish first at the national Billiards & Snooker Championships that ended yesterday in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vam Sat mangrove forest is not very far from Ho Chi Minh City, and is considered as the “green lung” of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – The press has been given a clear road to operate, and it needs to continue the role of publicizing the Party and government’s guidelines, new Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Bac Son said

Tuoi Tre has found 190 out of the 312 so called “high-tech” Chinese workers at Nhan Co Aluminum Plant in Dak R'Lap District in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Nong have been employed without any document to prove their qualifications.

President wants flawless officials; Party General Secretary receives Lao ambassador; Congratulations to newly-elected leaders; Party leader receives out-going ambassador