VietNamNet Bridge – The highly polluted Nhue and Day rivers in Ha Noi's outer Hoai Duc District have prompted local authorities to consider relocating the area's craft villages, but funding shortages may hinder any action.

VietNamNet Bridge – The syndrome of Vietnamese young people posting nude pictures on the Internet has been described as a kind of “depraved morality”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Never before have Vietnamese children had to live in conditions like today.

Efforts to rig power cables to two reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan were suspended Monday evening following the appearance of smoke rising from the reactors' housing buildings.

VietNamNet Bridge – The richer the parents, the more they benefit from State subsidies for preschool education. Conversely, their poorer counterparts pay as much if not more for lower quality schooling.

Japan is the biggest ODA bilateral donor, the second biggest foreign direct investor and the fourth biggest export market for Vietnam. However, this does not mean that the Japanese crisis will only negatively impact upon Vietnam’s economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – It took nearly 32 years of training in the martial art of karate before Master Doan Dinh Long was ready to set up his own school in Ha Noi, following his introduction to the Japan-born art in the central city of Hue.

European Union (EU) finance ministers Monday laid out details of the permanent bailout fund which will have a capital base of 700 billion euros (987 billion U. S. dollars) to deal with future sovereign debt crisis.

French warplanes have flown around 400 hours in total in Libyan airspace, amounting to 55 sorties in three days, a military spokesman said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 500 deputies took part in the ninth and last session of the 12th National Assembly which opened yesterday in Ha Noi.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi called for immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from Bahrain, the local English language satellite Press TV reported on Monday.

PM Dung vows to boost ties with Thailand; Lao Party Congress confirms progress; Ukraine leader to visit

VietNamNet Bridge – The Camp Dance Festival took place at Hanoi’s Tay Ho Water Park on March 20, attracting young girls, boys and  kids. This is a part of the Move IT Battle dancing contest, a hip-hop dancing competition for young people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teenagers Hoang Quy Phuoc and Tran Thi Kim Tuyen grabbed three gold medals each in the National Short-Course Swimming Championship in Hue City on Sunday.

Vietnam culture day opens in Copenhagen; Worship festival re-enacted in Hue; A guitar players record; Foreign Cultural Affairs Department honoured

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents still have to allow their children to use mobile phones. Teachers also say they seem to be powerless to the “mobile phone addiction” of their students.

After over a year's efforts, scientists from Shanghai and Hong Kong announced on Friday that they have completed the whole genomic sequencing work of Isaria cicada, a rare herb highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam once witnessed the boom of Internet ADSL services. The number of ADSL subscribers once grew so sharply that the service quality upgrading could not catch up with the increase. However, things are different now.

No government members involved in mismanagement at the infamous state-owned Vinashin shipbuilding group will be disciplined, Standing Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung announced Monday during the National Assembly’s 9th session in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Union Sunday announced a list of 10 Vietnamese outstanding young citizens in 2011, who are working in various fields like business, administrative management, sports, culture and arts, and social activities.