VietNamNet Bridge - The bodies of all 16 who died in the horrific tourist boat tragedy on the Saigon River last Friday have been recovered when divers found the body of a nine-year-old boy on May 22nd. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading models like Thanh Hang, Ha Anh, Thanh Truc, Hong Que and Tuyet Lan will participate in the “Elle Summer Fashion Show 2011”, which will introduce collections by five designers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Suoi Tien Cultural Tourist Park in HCM City's District 9 is preparing to host the 16th annual Southern Fruit Festival on June 1-6.

VietNamNet Bridge - Party and State leaders joined voters nationwide in exercising a citizen’s right and duty to elect deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all level in the 2011-2016 tenure.

Vietnam encourages investment into the modern entertainment industry and this is in line with the orientation of the national tourism development strategy for 2020 and vision for 2030, the country’s tourism administration chief said on May 21.

Tornadoes battered parts of the central areas of the United States on Sunday, killing at least 24 people in Joplin, a southern city of Missouri, and at least one person in Minneapolis.

VietNamNet Bridge – National universities have decided to apply the “direct entry” in enrolling students in an effort to attract excellent students to the schools. However, experts believe that the new mechanism will not help much.

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of UK-based education service providers today will start a two-day visit to HCM City to explore education co-operation opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The cuisine of well-known restaurants, top hotels and well-known food and beverage businesses in HCM City and 10 provinces will be showcased at a food festival later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Liem finished second at the Capablanca Memorial 2011 after losing to Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the last round early yesterday, May 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Elections for representatives to the 13th National Assembly and People's Councils for the 2011-16 term nationwide yesterday took place smoothly, complying with legal procedures,

VietNamNet Bridge – Dreams are coming true for former champion Song Lam Nghe An who continued their winning streak with a 1-0 victory over Dong Tam Long An on Saturday at Vinh Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam is now the world's fourth leading latex rubber exporter, with exports last year totalling 780,000 tonnes and generating a record turnover of US$2.3 billion.

At least nine people including three troops and six militants were killed in a terrorist attack on a Pakistan air force base in the country's southern port city of Karachi late Sunday night, local Urdu TV channel ARY reported.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City authorities have begun four projects for relocating 2,200 families living in areas seriously threatened by landslides during the storm season.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Department of Transport in HCM City has prepared a plan to minimise the subsidence of road surfaces in order to ensure residents' safety during the upcoming rainy season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Book lovers can look forward to a new event in the schedule of this year's European Days, with European Literature Days at the EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ha Noi on May 27-28.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC Environmental Protection Agency in a fresh inspection has found over 50% of enterprises located along the Saigon River have no wastewater facilities.

VietNamNet Bridge – A dozen of sea festivals are organized in Vietnam, in the names of culture-sports-tourism week, sea tourism week, sea festivals, etc. However, these festivals cannot create their uniqueness.

A total of 250 tons of highly contaminated radioactive water leaked into the sea in earlier May from the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.