VietNamNet Bridge - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ha Noi and HCM City continued slowing down for a second consecutive month, driven by more stable utilities and food prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – The editorial board of the Italian-based Journal of Waste Management, has said to publish a correction in which the Chinese map used for an article in the April 2011 issue, is wrong in the upcoming issue.

Google and the British Library announced Monday that the Internet search giant will digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the library's collections, making up to 40 million pages from 1700 to 1870 available to the public online.

VietNamNet Bridge – The dollar price on the black market has been increasing for the last several years. However, there have been few transactions. Meanwhile, bankers have affirmed that they cannot see any pressure on the exchange rate.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen The Thao, 59, won roughly 94 percent of the vote to continue to lead the Hanoi People’s Committee for the 2011-2016 term, according to the election result released on June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – The high percentage of the students passing the high school final exams has been described as a “miracle” if compared with the previous years’ results. However, the “miracle” does not surprise any one.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Phu Luu Te Primary School yard in Ha Noi's My Duc District is crowded with pupils on Saturday mornings, all eagerly awaiting a mobile library carrying books, computers and educational games.

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers have become burdened with debt due to the frozen state of the market and high lending interest rates.

Vietnam’s telecom industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last two years, but the tempo has slowed down now that the market has reached its saturation point, the accounting firm PwC said.

South Korea will extend tax reduction on 35 imports such as pork and garlic in an effort to ease potential price hikes, the finance ministry said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh of Hai Phong beat three male contestants to win the Road to the Peak of Olympia, the national quiz show for high-school students.

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam will send 19 players to compete at the Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Hai Duong City's 2,000-seat gymnasium tomorrow, June 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 200 companies which have been exporting rice so far, only one has been granted the certificate on meeting all the requirements for exporting rice in accordance with the Decree 109.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has accelerated its e-government application in order to make State activities more effective and transparent, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam People's Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China have conducted their 11th joint patrol in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Laos have always attached much importance to consolidating and boosting their special friendship and comprehensive co-operation.

Central Highlands’s biggest communal house inaugurated; Art programme marks Vietnamese Press Day; Fete de la Musique opens for summer solstice

Improving healthcare services for patients; Owners of tallest building to sue over hefty fees; Border soldiers save 30 fishermen; Man robs taxi, causes accident killing 2

VietNamNet Bridge – This summer, many children in the mountainous districts in central Vietnam take their time to earn their living and amuse themselves.

VietNamNet Bridge – Social Insurance Department head Pham Luong Son spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Review) about quota-based health-insurance payments.