ASEAN embassies raise funds for Japanese victims; 44th ADB Annual Meeting of the Board of ADB Governors opens in Hanoi; Vietnam, South Africa to increase two-way trade

VietNamNet Bridge – Children must wear helmets to ensure safety, but many parents hesitate with their decisions to make children wear helmets, says a recent survey.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officers and soldiers on the marine platform GK1/2 at Phuc Tan ground off shore from the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on May 2 morning cast their ballots to elect deputies for the 13th National Assembly

VietNamNet Bridge - The eastern part of HCM City has been transforming rapidly thanks to several key transport projects and new modern urban areas with high rises that are springing up along the Sai Gon River.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Huyen, Mai Phuong Thuy and Tran Thi Thuy Dung, who were Miss Vietnam 2004, 2006 and 2008, participated in a fashion show as part of the “Vietnamese colors” music gala, held in Danang city on May 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young mid fielder Ngo Hoang Thinh scored a decisive goal during injury time to help Vietnamese League leaders Song Lam Nghe An beat Hong Kong's TSW Pegasus by 3-2

British Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has been entitled new Maxim’s hottest woman in the world, according to People.com.

Northern region swarmed by mosquitoes; Five die in illegal gold mine collapse; Woman dies after breast lift surgery; Vietnam sees need for more staff in health care; Traffic accidents pile up misery during holidays       

VietNamNet Bridge – The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce, and her husband will pay a State visit to Vietnam from May 8 – 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International Development (OFID) committed yesterday, May 4, to providing Viet Nam with a US$22.5million loan to upgrade hospitals

VietNamNet Bridge - Private investors are keen to jump onto the public-private partnership investment bandwagon, but local authorities are failing to do their part.

VietNamNet Bridge – Today the Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Nguyen Van Giau and the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiko Kuroda, signed a US$1.38 billion financial assistance deal set . . .

Apple Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has updated its iMac all-in-one desktop, adding Intel's next generation quad-core processors, Thunderbolt data ports and a new HD camera.

The land plots in the Can Gio District in the suburbs of HCM City are being hunted by investors, who plan to make a “double investment”. 

Fast-growing Asian economies can not afford to fall into the middle income trap when seeking to move from resource-driven growth that is dependent on cheap labor and capital to growth based on high productivity and innovation,

Children who regularly have meals with their families tend to enjoy better health and have a considerably lower risk of obesity, an article in Monday's issue of Pediatrics said.

Intel Corp. on Wednesday announced that it will mass-manufacture chips using new transistors featuring a three-dimensional (3-D) structure, calling it a technical breakthrough in microprocessors.

Setting up an enterprise in Vietnam has been giving business people headaches for years, gobbling up mounds of paper and gallons of ink.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 90 dishes used by the Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, were introduced at the Ta Vu house inside the Hue royal citadel from April 28 to May 3.

The world's water consumption will increase by 40 percent over the next two decades and efforts to meet this demand must increase radically, the secretary-general of the 5th World Water Forum said here on Tuesday.