VietNamNet Bridge - The owner of a private zoo in Vietnam has been jailed for three years for selling the endangered tigers that he was supposed to protect, a conservation group and officials said Friday.

The market has become a catch phrase at the 9th session of the National Assembly, which is meeting to discuss socio-economic development and state budget plans for the first quarter of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reining in inflation and ensuring macroeconomic stability will be top of the 12th National Assembly’s 9th session agenda which kicked-off last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The movement to take nude photos for charity or to protect the environment is not new in the world but in Vietnam, it seems to be unwelcome by the public.

VietNamNet Bridge - The coffee cultivation sector is struggling to ensure sustainable development, as many coffee growers run small-scale operations and lack funds to improve their operations.

Despite economic difficulties that have forced people to curb spending habits, the number of travelers has not decreased. To attract travelers in this difficult period, travel firms have been trying to launch products with reasonable prices.

HCM City top swimming champs;  Coach Son to spend year in Germany; Taekwondo team to train in S Korea

Vietnam's inflation rose to a two-year high in March, official estimates showed on Thursday, as the government shifts from a long-standing focus on growth towards stabilizing its troubled economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 500 students of the Hanoi-based University for Social Sciences and Humanity folded 10,000 paper cranes with thousands of prayers for victims of quakes and tsunamis in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The change of color of Red River’s water in the section through Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces doesn’t affect its quality, confirmed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thai Lai.

The priority for Japan's economy after the devastating earthquake and tsunami was reconstruction and to get economy going, International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said here on Thursday.

First professional 125cc bike racing team in Vietnam was established on Thursday, with five local well-known racists including Vu Trong Bang, Tran Van Lien, Pham Chi Trong, Chau Lam Son and Nguyen Van Khai.

VietNamNet Bridge – One focuses on man’s loneliness while the another addresses the boundlessness of landscape. The two styles of Ngo Thanh Nhan and To Chiem make their painting exhibition compelling and interesting.

Vietnam to host 8th UNESCO World Congress; Da Nang cracks down on polluting, daredevil trucks; 80-kilo giant grouper caught and served; Academics dissect ‘college spirit’

Water levels in almost all reservoirs in the southern and Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) regions have dropped close to the "dead level" at which hydroelectric plants cannot operate, plant officials say.

Analysts call for fee on bank dollar sales; Australia to provide long-term coal to PetroVietnam; Hanoi lures $430 million of FDI in Q1; Local firms hunt for a competitive advantage; Chinese demand boosts cassava price

Wind speeds and wave heights over the world's oceans have been steadily increasing for the last quarter of a century, a long-term Australia study showed on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The earthquake and tsunami in Japan are thought to push the steel prices up, since import countries will lose a big exporter. However, experts have affirmed that it will not affect the domestic prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and his girlfriend Lauren Kitt spent the whole morning of March 26 walking through Hang Bac Street in Hanoi’s old quarters.

VietNamNet Bridge - With some of the strong contenders playing at home or against weaker teams this weekend, the V-League points table is likely to assume a more normal look.