VietNamNet Bridge - An illegal gold mining site has been set up in a 2000sq.m forest in Loc Son commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien-Hue province, by thousands of people from different localities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on June 18 decided to reduce investment for traffic infrastructure in 2011-2015, from $13 to $7 billion. Most of the fund will be spent on belt roads and the urban railway system.

The World Heritage Committee of UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday formally started the debates about the qualification of 42 sites to enter the World Heritage List, composed of natural and cultural sites.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) began interviews Monday with candidates to run for managing director of the 187-member organization.

“History shows that it is a mistake to expect the strong’s goodness. It is the biggest mistake, which is not allowed to make, in defending national sovereignty. There is no way than saving ourselves by our own”, Dr. Giap Van Duong wrote.

Work starts on delta’s largest tourist site; May auto sales down 19%; Central bank stands firm on credit growth cap; Pay back time for steel firms; Oil exports fall behind petrol imports

One of the three US Navy warships participating in this year’s joint naval exercises called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2011 is now in Singapore where Haixun-31, China’s largest maritime patrol vessel, is also set to drop anchor.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has sighed with relief when the dong/dollar exchange rate adjustment and with a series of measures taken, has forced the dollar prices down and stabilized the market.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced Sunday to enhance the thrust of its long range A350-1000 passenger planes with Rolls-Royce's more powerful Trent XWB engines, but the entry into service of A350-1000 is thus delayed

VietNamNet Bridge – The best entries of the first Hanoi artistic photo festival, entitled “Hanoi – Renovation, Development and Integration”, are now on display at the Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – In HCM City, the waste water from many hospitals goes directly to sewers without any treatment, thus bringing germs from hospitals to the community.

VietNamNet Bridge - Philippine President Benigno Aquino says his country will not be bullied by China in a territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City banks saw deposits as of end-May has fallen by 1.75 per cent since December 31 to VND792.2 trillion (US$36.64 billion).

VietNamNet Bridge – The babyhood of Vietnam children seems to becoming shorter because they have to begin learning at the year of four or five instead of six.

VietNamNet Bridge - A gold digger in the central region’s Quang Binh Province recently announced he has discovered a treasure belonging to King Ham Nghi from Vietnam’s last ruling family – Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Olympic national football team were given an away 2-0 loss by Saudi Arabia in the London Olympic qualifiers yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stocks plunged on Friday on both national stock exchanges, sending the two benchmark indices down for the first week in three, despite some positive information about policy and interest rates.

VietNamNet Bridge – A high-ranking official of the Government Inspectorate will answer people’s questions about the agency’s operations at an online dialogue on June 23.

VietNamNet Bridge - With the aim of controlling inflation, the State Bank of Viet Nam has tightened the money supply.

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, Vietnamese documentaries, considered to be a strong point in the country's cinematography industry, have not advanced as well as expected.