Around three million children at the age of 5-16 have to wear glasses, according to Dr. Nguyen Chi Dung from the Central Eye Hospital.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Controlling pollution in a sustainable green transport sector is part of a five-year plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Viet Nam has worked hard to raise the profile of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), said Pham Gia Khiem, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister, at the group's 10th workshop in Hungary

VietNamNet Bridge – A recent survey by the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam has shown that poor households in big cities were unhappy with a ministry policy on subsidised electricity prices.

It’s now the most difficult period for many parents in big cities, since their children enter the primary school entrance exam season, which is no less stressful than the university entrance exam.

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa said Monday that he plans to grow cucumbers on board the International Space Station (ISS), media reports said Tuesday.

The dance performed by singer Thu Minh and her partner Lacchezar, in the 7th night of Universal Steps on June 4, is suspected to have copied the idea from the dance by American dancer Yulia Zagoruychenko in 2006.

Vietnam to devise new incentives; Vietnam's electronics sector flounders; VN leads foreign investment in Laos; Government set to slash public investment; Foreign firms cannot keep talent despite pay hike

VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the men's singles of the National Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships which wrapped up in HCM City yesterday, June 8.

While the government is encouraging to develop ethanol petrol products to protect the environment, E5 petrol, in the Environment Law to be applied as of 2012, is still listed as the product that bears high environment tax rate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kinh, 85, always gets up very early to work, to earn money to breed sparrows which perch daily on trees in Hanoi’s Quan Su Street. She also buys snared birds to let them free.

At least 23 people were charred to death in a tragic road mishap in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu late Tuesday night, said police Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of mobile phone subscribers is two times higher than the population. Meanwhile, more investors attempt to join the telecom market and compete fiercely with each other by reducing charges.

Floods have killed 52 people and left 32 missing in China since the flood season started in June, a senior official said Wednesday, warning of more heavy rains.

Vietnamese businessmen still drive luxurious cars, spend hundreds of millions dong on parties and throw money to frivolous expenses.  

A wildfire that has been raging in Eastern Arizona since late last month continued its relentless advance on Wednesday, amid rolling power outages and reports of gasoline shortages, authorities said.

Poland and Ukraine will manage to complete preparations for the Euro 2012 football championships on time, UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday the European Union (EU) had offered too little compensation for incorrect claims Spanish produce caused a deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany.

In order to keep periodic engine maintenance and implement the plan to charter and purchase more aircraft, Jetstar Pacific (JPA) needs some 55-60 million dollars.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese women’s national football squad won their second game in the qualifying round of the 2012 London Olympics after beating Jordan 1-0 early this Wednesday morning.