VietNamNet Bridge - Popular Korean boy band 2AM captivated hearts of Vietnamese fans after performing at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium in “The TAL with 2AM” show on June 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - The broad coastal area in My An commune, Phu My district of Binh Dinh province has been devastated with dense on-sand shrimp ponds.

The disbursement of ODA capital in the first five months of 2011 reached $1.26 billion, 52.5 percent of the yearly plan. The figure shows the differences in this year’s ODA picture.

VietNamNet Bridge – June is the highest peak time of the students, who take the entrance exam to high schools. The exam to the 10th grade is considered the toughest exam of general school students.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the struggling to defend the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea, there are great contributions from normal people who are working with industry and cleverness. They are call barefoot heroes.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietking) on June 11, made public 11 Vietnam’s records at the closing ceremony of the Quang Binh Province’s Cultural-Tourism Week 2011.

A series of tremors Monday disrupted an inquest into the deaths of 116 people killed in the CTV building during the Feb. 22 earthquake in New Zealand's second city of Christchurch.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pink lotus will likely become Vietnam’s national flower after the fragrant plant was voted the most popular in polls conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge – To defend Vietnam’s waters and islands, the naval forces have regular practice and are always ready to fight for the country’s sovereignty.

VietNamNet Bridge – The policy to restrict luxury imports and the continued decreases of the iPhone 4 prices have put big difficulties for mobile network operators – the official distributors of Apple’s products.

For almost two decades, there have been only 100 BOT, BTO and BT projects or so in Vietnam, owing to the absence of a legal framework. Will there be any change when the country’s pilot PPP (public-private partnerships) regulation takes effect?

VietNamNet Bridge – The need for social workers to be a regular part of the educational system has gained urgency in Viet Nam, given the increasing incidence of school violence, dropouts and suicides, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – An investigation of Ha Noi taxi drivers over the course of one month revealed more than 2,100 violations resulting in total administrative fines of VND1.5 billion (nearly $74,000).

Trade deficit to reach $7.5 billion in first half; Tax on imported cars, motorbikes proposed; Livestock industry aims for 8% growth this year; Japanese firms keen to invest in, buy shares in Vietnamese firms

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined million of voters in the general elections here on Sunday, saying that it is the people who decide the ruler of the country in the following four years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Law on Execution of Criminal Sentences will take effect as of July 1, 2011, under which death sentences will be executed by poison, instead of shooting.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coaches and players share the opinion that refereeing during the current edition of V-League, the nation's premier football tournament, has been substandard.

Pink lotus leads vote for national flower; Competition begins for Song of the Year; Live music for free on the Mekong; Exhibition asserts national sovereignty

VietNamNet Bridge – The Treasure House, or Phu Noi Vu, one of the royal monuments inside Hue's Forbidden City, will be opened to tourists after conservation and renovation work, said the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

Nha Trang releases breeding shrimp, fish into sea; Fisherman captures great white shark; Residents to fund pontoon bridge in central province; Long An official fired for various misconducts