A spokesman with the Beijing-based Palace Museum, located inside the world-famous Forbidden City, offered an apology to the Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum on Wednesday

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Automobile Transportation Association has proposed a one-year extension to the deadline for black box data recorders to be installed in coaches and containers.

Many banks have stopped mobilizing capital and lending in gold, but they still keep gold for clients. Some other banks have become more hesitant in mobilizing capital and considering lowering the interest rates to zero percent.  

BKAV  has warned that it has found a sharp increase in the number of spam emails; which, assuming the names of famous express delivery companies in the world such as DHL and Post Express, were sent to email users in Vietnam in April.  

Bat Trang’s ceramic industry in spotlight at Idecaf ; ASEAN traditional music festival promotes understanding; Nicolas Stavy to delight HCMC audience; Sunwrae quintet joins forces with Viet artist    

Vietnamese models are typically thought to earn an enormous income, but that has changed recently after top male model Vinh Thuy has been indicted for allegedly smuggling to earn extra money.

The inaugural Asian Short Film Awards, part of the film industry show ScreenSingapore, has received 90 entries from 15 countries and regions in Asia-Pacific in less than two months, organizers said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A project to save the rare Vietnamese pond turtle in the central province of Quang Ngai has yet to get off the ground due to lacks funds, said Nguyen Van Hang, head of the provincial Forest Protection Department.

VietNamNet Bridge - When the local real estate market boomed and then peaked in 2007, it saw the birth of a series of real estate trading floors.

Technology may have a harmful effect on children's development and creativity, Australia's report found on Tuesday.

The Lam Dong Province People’s Procuracy has charged Phan Thi Hoa, director of the Nam Qua Eco-Tourism Co., Ltd., and two other with selling ivories of a dead elephant.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Finance has proposed new parking fees for motorbikes and automobiles after reports that parking providers had violated fee regulations set by the city.

Experts have warned against the movement of localities programming casino projects and called on the government to take caution with the projects.

Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it will buy Internet communications company Skype for 8.5 billion U.S. dollars in cash, a bold move for the software giant to explore new business opportunities.

Though the Ministry of Education and Training has decided to eliminate classes for selected students at grammar schools, such classes have existed for many years.  

Vietnamese citizens will be allowed to buy foreign currency worth up to US$1,000 to travel abroad for 10 days, or $100 per day, under a draft circular of the State Bank of Viet Nam regulating treasuries trading.  

Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi on Tuesday denounced NATO's bombardment of his country as a breach of the UN Charter, the state-run JANA news agency reported.

Quoc to compete at world table tennis championship; National youth swimming champs to open; Khanh Hoa pair win beach volleyball tournament

VietNamNet Bridge – Opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi from May 7, Khai Doan’s “Dipolar” exhibition introduces contemporary paintings in traditional Vietnamese lacquer techniques.

VietNamNet Bridge – Previously, to install a billboard at a cross-road in HCM City, enterprises only had to pay 100 million dong a year. The fee has soared to 700 million dong.