The local stock market is failing to function as a fund-raising channel for listed firms, and serve as a platform to promote recognition of companies on the bourse. Instead, it is instilling distrust in listed firms and investors alike.

The Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of the Cleverland Metropark (USA) has chosen a wetland area in Binh Khuong commune, Binh Son district in the central province of Quang Ngai, to build a naturel reserve to protect a local tortoise species.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government will make every effort to keep this year’s inflation at 11.75 percent, a similar level to last year, said Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc.

VietNamNet Bridge - A seminar was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1 to seek ways to gather more votes for Ha Long Bay to be recognized as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thai coach Dusit Chalermsan resigned after his team was defeated by Song Lam Nghe An last week. He left Vietnam on May 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – The splendid carnival with bustling street dances, impressive martial-art and circus performances and fabulous firework shows, drew dozens of thousands of tourists to Ha Long city in the evening of May 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Efforts to raise more capital from the private sector for infrastructure development projects were on the right track, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam was well poised as the world's largest pepper exporter to take advantage of steadily rising demand for the spice in the coming years, experts said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will post the highest growth in Asia-Pacific for cloud computing services this year.

The filmmakers behind "The Hurt Locker" have been moving forward with an action thriller about bin Laden's killing after the real-life operation took place in Pakistan on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will launch the first remote sensing satellite in the next three years, to serve monitoring natural resources and natural disasters, said officials from the Institute for Space Technology of Vietnam.

Osama bin Laden was buried by the U.S. military at sea in accordance with the terror mastermind's own religious customs, as no country would accept his remains, a senior U.S. officials said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Expectations of an impending price hike prompted petrol stations in several Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta localities to close down and/or rationed fuel sales during the just concluded Liberation Day and May Day holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam-based outsourcing enterprises will face stiffer customs controls.

U.S. superstar Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon welcomed their first babies on Monday, which is also the couple’s fourth wedding anniversary, according to MTV.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators have given a warning message to parents that the number of students who always play truant is increasingly high.

New York City stepped up its police force in major public locations on Monday in the wake of the death of Osama Bin Laden.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people may be surprised to know that there are over 300 film theatres in Vietnam, according to a survey by a company that plans to invest in a network of 3D box offices in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - To attract more customers and bring in more money, many cafés in Ho Chi Minh city now add a side service to their menus: sexual stimulation of all kinds.