VietNamNet Bridge – There will be no power cuts during the peak dry season next month, according to the Industry and Trade Ministry's Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam (ERAV).

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Long, Vietnam’s world natural heritage, gained the highest growth in votes in the poll for the seven new world natural wonders on www.new7wonders.com last month.

VietNamNet Bridge – After 6-7 years of learning English at grammar school, Vietnamese students still cannot speak a correct English sentence. They are not confident enough to communicate in English.

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), announced Tuesday that a partial fuel meltdown was confirmed at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors at the facility

The film by American director Terrence Malick has won the 2011 Golden Palm (Palme d'Or), the most prestigious award of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival ending on Sunday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty-seven (80.5 per cent) out of 108 factories have been removed from the pollution black list in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh,

VietNamNet Bridge – All major monuments of the Nguyen dynasty in the former feudal capital city of Hue and its surrounding areas will be fully restored by 2020 under a plan announced by the Thua Thien-Hue People's Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Air Petrol has threatened to suspend fuel supply to Jetstar Pacific, saying the low-cost carrier has failed to repay its debts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Phuong Vo Su (meaning everything is save and sound), an important relic in Hue ancient citadel, has been leased for VND200 million ($10,000) a year to open a café.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Center for Urban Traffic Management is working on the plan to replace tickets by smart cards on ten bus routes.

To have a green economy, experts say, it is necessary to have good solutions for the economic governance, especially in carrying out economic reform, market coordination, applying reasonable frame energy prices, and appropriate fiscal policy.

VietNamNet Bridge – While directors of many enterprises complain that in the difficult period, they have nothing to do, except attending workshops and going to parties, consultancy firms say they are “living well” with so many consultancy contracts.

Over the last two decades, only about 100 infrastructure projects have been invested under the mode of build – operation – transfer with the presence of private investors. Will the situation change when the public-private partnership is promulgated?

Entertainment producer Simon Fuller speaks before receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Monday, May 23, 2011.

The new regulations on the ownership ratios in Vietnamese telecom companies stipulated in the Decree No 25, which will take effect from June 1, 2011, are believed to accelerate the process of merger and acquisition in the telecom sector.

At least three people were killed with some 150 others injured in NATO airstrikes in Tripoli early Tuesday near the area around leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya residence, local TV reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central Quang Tri Province and neighbouring Savannakhet Province in Laos yesterday, May 23, vowed to increase information exchange and co-operation to control the smuggling of wild animals along the border.

The world No. 2 Novak Djokovic and the 16-time Grand Slam title winner Roger Federer both won the first round comfortably at the French Open on Monday.

Vietnam photographer wins international honor; Violinist Bui Cong Duy to perform with world-famous conductor; French pianist to perform Lizst; City orchestra performs Mozart, Vivaldi compositions 

The Wall Street fell on Monday as investors were concerned that Euro zone crisis will exert a downward pressure on the stock market.