Resort villas have been mushrooming everywhere, from the north to the south with a lot of projects being under construction. This proves to be the new profitable market segment of Vietnam’s real estate market.

Angelina Jolie arrives for the premiere of the film "The Tree of Life" in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 16, 2011.

A  Malaysian tourist last Friday reported to a popular taxi company in Ho Chi Minh City she was overcharged for a short ride by a company taxi driver, but later it turned out she had took the unlicensed taxi that imitated that company’s brand.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seven seaports will experimentally apply electronic customs declarations effective June 9 under a new decision by the Prime Minister.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hai Phong Province is home to a historic thousand-year-old pagoda in the village of Tra Phuong of the Thuy Huong Commune in Kien Thuy District, built during the Ly Dynasty in the beginning of the 11th century.  

U.S. stocks fell on Monday, dragged by technology shares, as weaker-than-expected economic data made investors worry about the strength of the U.S. economy.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Viet Nam Talent Contest in Information Technology, Natural Science, and Medicine and Pharmacy was launched this week in Ha Noi.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China grew 26.03 percent year-on-year to reach 38.8 billion U.S. dollars during the first four months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A paradox exists: Vietnam, the fourth biggest rubber exporter in the world, now has to import rubber to make finished products domestically.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors in all departments of culture, sports and tourism in co-operation with police and other agencies have been asked to crack down on tobacco advertising and promotions.

U.S. space shuttle Endeavor lifts off on Monday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to deliver to the International Space Station a 2-billion-dollar, multinational particle detector known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

VietNamNet Bridge – Borrowers complain that commercial banks have raised the interest rates of consumer loans too sharply, which has made the financial burden heavier on their shoulders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold exploitation has caused serious pollution along the Dak Rong River in the central province of Quang Tri.

The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the United States provoked a general outcry in French politics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Short-term economic pain has deterred foreign investors from entering the real estate sector, but manufacturing opportunities are still being grasped.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vissai Ninh Binh's coach Nguyen Van Sy was forced to resign following his team's humiliating 0-4 loss to SHB Da Nang on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has made boosting friendly relations with India a top priority, said Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

A lot of small and medium hydropower plants in Dak Lak province have been on the verge of bankruptcy when they have to sell electricity at low prices, even while the bank loan interest rates have been increasing sharply.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam will continue to follow its plan to develop the fisheries sector so that it achieves economies of scale and high global competitiveness in a sustainable manner, a senior official said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Thanh Thao may not have studied at school, but she's trusted enough to teach the children at Trung Lap Thuong Commune, Cu Chi District, HCM City.