VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 16 clean water treatment plants in Ha Noi's suburban districts have been left unused for four or five years due to a shortage of funds and poor management from local authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Intel Vietnam Co. Ltd and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (DOET) organized on March 26, an affiliate International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to select two

Foreign-run foreign language centers, which advertise themselves as providing training with internationally standardized quality and qualified native teachers, in fact, have neither international standards or qualified native teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of sign language materials and books is contributing to communication problems among hearing impaired people, Ha Noi Deaf Association chairman Le Van Anh says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese film studios are making more TV series about the modern realities for country people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors have called on men who have sex with men to brave discrimination and meet peer educators and counsellors to learn about safe sex and reduce the risk of spreading HIV.

VietNamNet Bridge – To prepare for the rehearsal against tsunami, which is scheduled this year, Vietnamese scientists have built 25 scripts to give warnings to the people before tsunamis come.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are several obstacles facing efforts to harmonise regulations on firms listing their shares on domestic as well as foreign exchanges, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Retail prices of drugs, both local and imported, have risen by up to 22 percent in HCM City, with producers and importers blaming it on the dong’s depreciation and higher input costs.

National military delegation visits Thailand; Legislators aim to boost economic development; Mozambique Defence Minister wraps up Vietnam’s visit

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifteen selected international projects by German architectural company Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) will be presented in HCM City today, March 28.

The National Police Agency said on Sunday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 10,804 people dead and 16,244 others unaccounted for in Japan by 21:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT).

Japanese farm products still imported; HCM City holds grand requiem for Japanese victims; Vietnamese youths in Japan help tsunami victims; City Red Cross donates $200,000 for Japan victims

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that the Party, State and people of Viet Nam had always treasured the traditional friendship with Ukraine.

Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not increase its crude output, the local English language satellite Press TV reported Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi invested hundreds of thousands of USD to build travel information kiosks for tourists four years ago. Now all of them are left fallow or deteriorating.

The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the Israeli Space Agency on Sunday signed an agreement to promote cooperation in space exploration, said the press service of the Roscosmos.

VietNamNet Bridge – Samson Kayode scored a goal to help Dong Thap beat V-League defending champion Ha Noi T&T 3-1 on Saturday.

Laos-Vietnam Golf tourney mark Lao Party Congress; Officials laud athletes during ‘Sports Day'; Volleyballer sets record transfer

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Mohamed Bin Hammam attended the Asia Vision conference in HCM City on March 28.