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.

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.

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.

After odd fruits in Vietnam, VietNamNet Bridge introduces odd animals that have appeared in Vietnam.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) wrapped up its annual forum attended by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) ministers in Big Sky, Montana on Saturday with consorted commitment for resolving the major barriers

HCMC seeks funds for ringroad project; Taiwanese electronic firms survey Vietnamese market; City golf projects fail to get into the swing of things; PetroVietnam gives gas to oil plans; Banks cash in on forex rates

VietNamNet Bridge - The local currency liquidity squeeze at banks has been relaxed in recent days on falling inter-bank interest rates, but lenders and experts see little chance of interest rates easing off their record highs in the coming months.

3D TVs have become more familiar to Vietnamese consumers for the last several years. However, analysts have every reason to believe that 2011 would be the year of 3D TVs.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of cultural and historical relics in Da Lat will be upgraded for tourism purposes.

US$10 billion of investment capital, US$8 billion worth of the output, an average growth rate of 25% over the past 20 years, a large number of orders are factors that bring a bright future for Vietnam’s plastics industry.

At least seven people were killed and 10 others wounded in a car bomb and a suicide bomb attacks near Baghdad on Sunday morning, an Interior Ministry source said.

Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage have left 15 children and one adult dead. Local police said nine people survived and the bodies of 15 boys, aged between 8 and 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered.

VietNamNet Bridge – The quiet stock market and the decreasing VN Index have made investors turn their backs to trading floors. A lot of securities companies have to close their branches to cut down expenses.  

Ho Chi Minh City to host Southern Fruit Festival; HCMC concert to feature Vietnamese chamber music; Exhibition features Hanoi’s traditional treasures; Mercedes Fascination Motorshow stops in Hanoi  

VietNamNet Bridge - A 72-year-old man has arrived in Hanoi after walking nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City over a two-month period so he could visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction has just completed a draft circular allowing the use of resident apartment blocks for commercial purposes.

VinaPhone will on Friday begin selling a white iPhone 4 cell-phone global version at its stores across Vietnam. The enterprise is pricing the white version on a par with the black iPhone 4 despite high demand for the luxurious cell-phone.

Built at the cost of nearly $128 million, Hanoi Museum doesn’t have a single room to keep visitor belongings; electric wires run zigzags on the wall; some display areas are empty; exhibits are downgraded and it has a few visitors.

Economic experts and company directors discussed the development of the domestic economy, the impacts of Government policies and plans for the next six months at a seminar held by the Vietnam Association of Corporate Directors.

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to boost cooperation in disaster preparedness and nuclear power safety among other topics at a trilateral summit held here Sunday.