VietNamNet Bridge – The unchecked release of untreated effluents into the environment by a majority of industrial parks (IPs) is killing rivers as well as fishing as a vocation in many localities nationwide, residents complain.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stocks lost value on meagre trading last week on the nation's stock exchanges.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s first tsunami warning system comprising a network of 10 centers was successfully tested in central Da Nang City on May 15.

Eight people were reportedly killed and dozens of others were wounded on Sunday when Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators at two locations near Israel's northern borders with Syria and Lebanon.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ho Chi Minh City police yesterday arrested 56 foreigners, most of them Asians, for swindling foreign individuals and businesses and used hi-tech devices to steal their bank account information.

VietNamNet Bridge - Phillip Noyce, the Australian director of “The quiet American,” will visit Vietnam to promote his authorized biography and meet film and media personalities around the country from May 27 to June 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top swimmer Vo Thai Nguyen bagged two golds and one silver at the Malaysia Open over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Jamaica's Kavin Bryan struck twice, while Nguyen Trong Hoang and Hedges Devon Derron added two another goals to help Song Lam Nghe An overpower Khatoco Khanh Hoa 4-0 in the Eximbank V-League yesterday.

Around 200km from Hanoi, Suoi Giang commune in the Van Chan district, the northern mountain province of Yen Bai, is 1,371m above sea level.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 primary schools around Viet Nam have voted with their mouses by choosing to incorporate the innovative English teaching programme Phonics-Learning Box UK into their classes.

Voters from around Europe and beyond voted Azerbaijan the winner of Saturday's 56th Eurovision Song Contest.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister, Pham Gia Khiem has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Department to inspect the experimental breeding of tigers, and make a survey of the number of tigers in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Voters in some of Viet Nam's most out-of-the-way regions cast their ballots early yesterday, May 15, ahead of the country's general election on May 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Indian tourism road show in HCM City on Wednesday invited Vietnamese to "walk in the footsteps" of the Buddha but in the comfort of trains.

VietNamNet Bridge – The speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (House of the People), Meira Kumar, started an official four-day visit to Viet Nam today at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Fine Arts Museum will open a new creative space for children when kicking off its fine arts education programme on Saturday.

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.

Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak of the season to 37 matches by beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 to lift the Italian Open title on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Winning the national Robocon competition for the second year in a row, Lac Hong University from the southern province of Dong Nai will represent Vietnam at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Robocon contest.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director Nguyen Quang Dung has replaced songwriter Tran Tien as a judge of the Vietnam Television’s (VTV) Universal Steps third show last night, May 15.