Hanoi highest tower won’t use State budget; VN needs Dutch port, coastal experience;  Vietnamese insurer announces new name;  Cbank tightens dollar lending rules, more expected; Thai company to invest in HCMC’s monorail project

VietNamNet Bridge – Though primary schools will only begin enrolling first grade students in September, parents have to prepare for the race for prestigious schools right now by sending their children to pre-first grade classes.

Experts have pointed out that Vietnam has missed several opportunities to boost garment exports through bilateral and multilateral trade agreements because it cannot effectively call for the investment in the textiles and dyeing.

Curbing prostitution ‘a huge challenge'; Conference aims to help people with disabilities; Agent Orange activists to review future plans; Administrative survey targets public interest

After Queen Nam Phuong passed away in 1963, the national seal was kept by prince Bao Long. In 1982, Bao Dai received the seal from his son, after marrying a French woman named Monique Baudot. Since then, the seal has never been mentioned.

Mr. Bui Sy Hoa, Vice Chief of the Radio and Television Broadcasting Management and Electronic Information Department, has been appointed as the Chief Editor of VietNamNet Newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Len Co quarry in the central province of Nghe An’s Yen Thanh District collapsed at 8 am, April 1, killing at least seven workers while 30 others are still buried.

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan on Thursday evening outlined a bank restructuring plan, saying that the government will reduce the number of domestic banks to two "pillar banks."

The working conditions of all companies, particularly those in the fields of footwear and garments in HCM City, are still not at acceptable levels, according to the city Centre for Protection of Labour's Health and Working Environment

VietNamNet Bridge – Long-term vision and short-term planning should be the twin planks on which the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta should base its adaptation to climate change, Dutch experts said at a workshop yesterday, March 31.

Two researchers at the Hebrew University (HU) of Jerusalem have been honored with a prestigious award for their study of the connection between several inflammatory diseases, cancer and bacteria.

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 30 approved one loan and three credits totaling US$570 million in support of Vietnam’s development efforts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will face minnows Chinese Macau in their first game of the World Cup 2014 Asia Zone qualifiers following yesterday's draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is undergoing a revolution of a different kind – more and more elderly people with time on their hands are discovering, perhaps for the first time, the joys of travel.

According to a survey by the UNDP and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the quality of public services in HCM City, Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue is the best while that of Yen Bai and Kon Tum is at the bottom.

A trace amount of radioactive iodine has been found in a sample of milk from the west state of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday.

Vietnam wins 7 golds at Singapore Int’l Open Karate Champs 2011; Women footballers get set for national tourney; Tien Minh to compete at open badminton tourney in Australia

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam must get ready to cope with climate change, which was forecast to bring erratic and extreme weather this year, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said at a meeting to review storm and flood prevention

U.S. companies are in "pretty good shape" in many ways on back of the recovery of the world's largest economy, Jeffrey Immelt, Chief Executive Officer of General Electric (GE), said here on Thursday.

Physical gold on downward trend amid govt’s tight control; Additional 53 businesses export seafood to EU; Opportunities to invest in Vietnamese oil and gas sector; Vietnam, Laos strengthen banking cooperation