VietNamNet Bridge - Three years after its launch, the national credit assistance program for students has helped over two million students to continue their studies. 

The rate cap on the dong deposit was an appropriate measure to stabilize the financial market, while regulation on lowering the lending growth rate to below 20 percent was necessary to tame inflation, said the central bank’s official.   

Ham Thuan hydro dam has no water for the past monthsViet Nam is suffering a severe shortage of water – not for the first time. But never before has the drought been as obvious as now. And it is not a localised problem, the whole country is affected.

Crops in Mekong Delta threatened by drought, salinity; Money embezzled from Fatherland Front; Binh Phuoc Province reports 11 A/H1N1 cases; Market inspectors seize 1,900 dodgy helmets  

VietNamNet Bridge - Travel firms are calling for the HCMC tourism authority to spend more time and money to develop highly potential river tours after the first river tour service was launched in late January.

Tourists get to know more about Vietnamese people’s life; 20 countries to join Mui Ne Int’l Boat Racing Festival 2011; Truong Luy becomes national heritage; Vietnam, Laos students showcase photo exhibition

Priorities given to curbing inflation; NA Vice Chairman inspects election preparations; Son La to plant 50 border markers with Laos; Ex US lawmakers make dioxin tour in Da Nang  

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training announced a draft decree stipulating the criteria to move universities and colleges to the outskirts of big cities at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

Leaders of the 17-nation euro zone have agreed on a "Pact for the Euro" aimed at enhancing competitiveness and sustainability as well as the expansion of its bailout fund.

VietNamNet Bridge - A statue suspected of being made from pure gold worth US$3.7 million could be made of copper only.

Russia's geostationary military communication satellite Raduga-1 has likely lost communications with the flight control center, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national pencak silat team is about to group up to prepare for the Southeast Asian Games and other international competitions but athletes don’t want to join the team.

The selection of new head coach for the Vietnamese national football team is on its right track and his name will be publicly announced by the end of this month, said the national coaches’ council chairman Nguyen Sy Hien on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen contestants of the ASEAN Charming TV pageant showed their charm in the traditional Vietnamese ao dai on March 9 at the HTV Theatre, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – While collecting scrap irons from the Huong (Perfume) River in the central city of Hue on March 9, two fishermen found separate parts ancient dug-out canoes in the river-bed.

VietNamNet Bridge - A former lawyer accused of spreading anti-government documents is to stand a first-instance trial in Hanoi on March 24 and is facing a maximum imprisonment term of 12 years.

A Mui Ne surfing school owner plans to ride hundreds of kilometers down the Mekong River on a stand-up paddle board to raise awareness about plastic bag pollution in Asia’s waterways and oceans.

In a recent talk with a couple of media outlets during his trip to HCM City, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the Government will develop more software parks in the next 10 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a big flood last November, some calabash trees have grown up in Mr. Ba Le’s garden in Phuoc Thuan commune, Ninh Thuan province. A tree has yielded two huge calabashes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Yen Bai province Natural Resources and Environment Department has taken samples of the Red River for testing and advised locals to limit their direct use of the river water.