U.S. Congress on Thursday passed the federal budget that cut billions of government spending, sending it for President Barack Obama's signature.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists from the Institute for Tropical Biology have said that the flock of birds numbering in the thousands  have recently come to the central province of Ninh Thuan recently are red necked phalaropes.

VietNamNet Bridge - Four self-nominated candidates from Hanoi have been shortlisted to run for the upcoming National Assembly election in May.

Funding sought to clear unexploded ordnance; 23 localities in Hanoi likely to flood this rainy season; Farmers cash in on shrimp prices; 115 dead in traffic accidents during holiday; Policeman shoots civilian, fires multiple shots  

VietNamNet Bridge – National futsal (indoor football) champions Thai Son Bac have been invited to take part in the qualifying round of the Tiger Street Football tournament in Singapore this weekend.

Cows leisurely chew grass under the shade of phong ba trees. A flock of puppies compete for food. A soldier takes care of a vegetable garden… all make a peaceful painting of the life on the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district.

HCM City Securities Co targets 30% rise in profits; PetroVietnam Insurance to buy back shares; Song Da affiliate posts first-quarter earnings; Wood export deals pass 2010 mark; Ho Chi Minh City ports hike rates

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Tung Duong's newest album, Li Ti (Tiny), earned him the title of Album of the Year at the Cong Hien (Devotion) awards ceremony last week, winning the votes of 100 culture and music critics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Farmers in Binh Phuoc Province, which has the largest area of cashew cultivation in the southeastern region, face a poor harvest this year as the price of cashew continues to decline.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 200-episode "real time" documentary that explores the geography, history and beauty of many places in the country will start filming in a few days.

Efforts to increase female NA deputy numbers; VN, Romania boost co-operation; Deputy PM receives DPRK envoy

VietNamNet Bridge – Though paying high salaries to retain key personnel and pay high service fees to job centers to hunt for talented persons, a lot of companies are still witnessing key staff members leaving.

NATO and its partners will not end their operation in Libya until three objectives have been achieved, including the withdrawal of government troops, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday.

A new research indicats taking vitamin D could ward off vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women younger than 75, according to media reports on Tuesday.

The United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced its long-term debt plan, setting a goal to cut 4 trillion U.S. dollars over the next 12 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Russia will be in charge of the operation of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan, said Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Kovtun Andrei Grigorievich.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many schools are wasting students’ time when teaching natural science subjects in English because they only produce students who are bad at natural science subjects in Vietnamese and bad at foreign languages as well.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced on Wednesday the merger of their environmental groups, hoping to make it the most prominent climate policy organization in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – As one of the two oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, Bau Truc is considered a “museum” of traditional pottery of Cham people.

SBV's decision to set a cap on dollar deposits’ interest rates and raise compulsory reserve ratios on foreign-currency deposits is believed to help stabilize exchange rate. However, experts warned that this may lead to kieu hoi decreases.