High inflation and bond yields lower than banks interest rates, as well as the decreasing value of the Vietnamese dong against the US dollar, have combined to derail recent Government bond issues.

Fifty paintings by celebrated musician Trinh Cong Son are on display online, giving his fans all over the world the rare chance of discovering the world, people and love through their icon's paintings instead of music.

VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol saving devices and alternative clean fuels have become the choice of many consumers and service providers, since the petrol price has increased dramatically.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 300 kites in a variety of shapes and colours are lighting up the skies in the coastal city of Vung Tau at the third International Kite Festival, which opened on April 8.

VietNamNet Bridge - All private slaughter houses in HCM City will be closed by the end of 2013, according to the city's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

An Aboriginal corporation in Central Australia (also named Alice Spring) on Saturday urged the Northern Territory state government to ban pregnant women from buying alcohol.

British comedian Russell Brand has won a victory against himself this weekend as two well- received films, featuring his voice and act, dominated the box office in a one-two finish.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) will open in November but the host country – Indonesia – has heated up the atmosphere among the participant countries when it removed women’s football from the games.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is the middle of spring but many trees in Hanoi are still bare.

VietNamNet Bridge – The escalating prices of building materials are making contractors suffer. They are foreseeing big losses due to higher input material prices, high bank loan interest rates and lack of capital.

VietNamNet Bridge - US famous singer Bob Dylan’s first performance night in Vietnam took place at RMIT university in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises and industrial zones complain that they cannot seek the loans at reasonable interest rates to build water treatment plants. As a result they have to… discharge untreated wastewater into the environment.

Many Vietnamese high schools in Hanoi are wasting resources and students’ time by teaching subjects like math, physics, or chemistry in English, according to Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of the National English Program 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Insiders say the Vietnamese software industry remains uncompetitive ten years after the government carried out a plan to develop local information technology.

Vietnam and Laos have signed agreements on bilateral cooperation in economy, culture, education, science and technology for 2011 and the entire 2011-2015 period together with a strategic agreement for the 2011-2020 period.

A gunman killed seven people including himself in a shooting spree at a shopping center during Saturday busy hours in a town about 30 km southwest of Amsterdam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Water in a resident's well in Bao Thang District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has suddenly become hotter.

VietNamNet Bridge – While many families have to endure big hardships and think carefully before buying anything in the “price storm”, many others still can be lavish with their money.

2nd meeting on Agent Orange/Dioxin starts in Bien Hoa; Vietnam affirms sovereignty over archipelagoes;  600 Young intellectuals to be recruited as communal leaders; Minister receives US vice admiral  

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors are flocking to Suoi Giang in the northern mountain province of Yen Bai to see ancient tea trees, including a 300-year-old tree that is considered the oldest tea tree in the world.