Local businesses well adapted to hard times in second quarter; Vietnam may disclose foreign reserves data in 2012; Truong Hai aims to top Vietnam car market; Inflation impact on poor needs check    

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday afternoon visited his Irish ancestral home in Moneygall, central Ireland's County Offaly.

At least 14 government soldiers were killed and 38 others, including two civilians, were injured in clashes on Monday between government forces and tribesmen in Yemen 's capital, an official of the interior ministry told Xinhua.

Three years is the  period that researchers from HCM City University of Technology have spent to study and improve the first 3D website in Vietnam, namely www.web3d.com.vn, using the technology such as NET 2.0, Maya, VRay, 3Ds Max, Flash, etc.

Ten security personnel were killed and 15 others injured in the fight against the terrorist attack on a navy air base in Karachi, said the Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday.

Air traffic between Greenland and Denmark has been temporarily halted after ash spewing from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano reached the airspace over eastern Greenland, civil aviation authorities here said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Millions of voters got up early to cast their votes at voting precincts nationwide. Secretary General and National Assembly Chair, Nguyen Phu Trong said that the election scale was the largest ever in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly and People’s Council elections finished at 7 pm, May 22, in Vietnam, with over 97 percent of constituents casting their ballots.

VietNamNet Bridge – Walking in bare feet on burning coals of over 500oC, attracting a 65kg rock on body, etc. are unique performances by members of radiesthesia classes in Hanoi, Hai Duong and Hai Phong.

Royal Thai Navy ship visits Hai Phong; Deputy Foreign Minister visits Russia; Vietnam, Poland handle Vietnamese residents’ stability; ASEAN defence ministers meeting wraps up; Promoting France-Vietnam partnership  

From May 1, 2011, commercial banks have to stop lending in gold as per a new decision by the State Bank. However, they still try to mobilize gold, while some banks have even raised the deposit interest rates to attract more gold to the banks.

VietNamNet Bridge - Luong Thi Quyen pocketed a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship which closed on May 22 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Emerging economies deserve a greater role at key global forums such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as they are projected to account for 70-80 percent of the world's economic growth in the next decade or so,

VietNamNet Bridge - Bao Ninh, the author of the world famous book “Noi Buon chien tranh" (Sorrow of War),” has been awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture in honor of his devotion to world literature.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many retail markets in HCM City are facing a sharp decrease in stall occupancy rates, causing financial problems for market managers.

Cannes Film Festival 2011 ended on Sunday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – A large-scale salt-making facility in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has left residents in the vicinity with almost no arable land and crops dying of saline intrusion.

hospitals in HCM City have found a solution to the problem of treating medical water waste. A lot of waster water treatment systems have been built under the investment socialization mode or with the expenditure spent by the city’s authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance has approved a plan by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to auction the 3.7ha Government Guesthouse in downtown HCM City and use the proceeds to fund major projects not specified as yet.