VietNamNet Bridge – A group of piscatorial men caught a black carp of 56 kilos in weight, 1.3m in length from a lake in Hanoi’s suburban Dong Anh district.

Early elections held for remote areas; Ho Chi Minh’s thought and moral example in media spotlight; More markers erected along the Vietnam-Laos; New Ho Chi Minh Memorial House inaugurated

VietNamNet Bridge – The loan interest rates are still sky high, while banks are restricting lending. The current difficulties have forced many small businessmen to become unwillingly unemployed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some members of a prestigious golf club in Hanoi are aggrieved at recent price hikes to annual fees.

VietNamNet Bridge – Swine flu, hand-foot-mouth disease, and respiratory diseases have been either spreading to or worsening in many provinces, health officials warned.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese traders continue to be positive about future prospects, expecting trading volume to increase over the next six months, according to the latest HSBC Trade Confidence Index report released on Tuesday.

While playing very well at the Capablanca Memorial 2011 chess tournament in Cuba, Vietnam’s top chess player, Le Quang Liem gained higher Elo to enter the world’s 40 international super-grandmaster of chess.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Young cyclist Do Tuan Anh of Domesco Dong Thap 1 won the fifth and final stage while Le Van Duan of Sai Gon Plant Protection 1 won the overall yellow jersey of the "Return to the Roots" race yesterday, May 19.

All pharmaceutical companies in Viet Nam, using natural ingredients in the production of their products, are required to meet the World Health Organisation's Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standard by January 1, 2014

VietNamNet Bridge - With leading software companies signing a slew of foreign contracts, the industry is eyeing a 60 per cent growth rate this year.

Viet Nam had been slow in dealing with overseas adoption cases for orphans and abandoned children with special needs, experts said at a workshop on a pilot programme to support overseas adoption for children

Hollywood's A-listers have bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show at Chicago's United Center.

Vietnam joins world baking competition; Live music, DJ show in HCMC to feature int'l artists; Top design entrepreneur sought for int’l UK contest; Australian wine and food show in Caravelle      

VietNamNet Bridge – The information that airlines have raised the airfares for domestic routes is really bad news, not only to passengers who have to pay more money to fly, but also to ticket booking agents and travel firms.

A New York Judge granted bail for 1 million U.S. dollars for former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday.

Anti-government "red-shirt" leader said Thursday the mass rally to commemorate last year's protest in downtown Bangkok will be peaceful.

VietNamNet Bridge – The body of Mr. Dinh Cong Hao, who died in 1968, doesn’t disintegrate. His family put the body into a coffin with a glass cover and placed the coffin in their house for 43 years.

Google on Wednesday began fixing a security hole in some 97 percent of Android phones that could let hackers snatch important credentials at public WiFi hotspots.

VietNamNet Bridge – The draft decree on the operation of financial leasing companies has been facing strong opposition from financial leasing companies which believe that the draft decree has “unreasonable provisions”.

Low demand for domestic made clothes; Rubber second highest agro export product ; Major German state highlights Vietnam’s investment climate; Vietnam-US trade turnover increases by nearly 20 pct