VietNamNet Bridge – In the next five years, the city will purchase 1,680 new buses with the total funding of VND2 trillion ($100 million), according to a newly-approved plan for 2011-2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is set to cement its trade ties with neighbouring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises really want to make tablet PCs with Vietnamese brand names, but they admit that it is very difficult. The problem does not lie in technologies, but how to make the products competitive with iPads.

The hikes in electricity and fuel prices on March 1 are causing distress to businesses and ordinary citizens. With prices going up all round as a result, practicsing thrift seems to be the only solution at the moment.

The price increases of gas, electricity, water and essential goods have forced schools to consider raising tuitions. Meanwhile, parents are living in fear because they understand that tuitions will be increasing, sooner or later.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 3.2 million poor households in the country would be given support totalling VND1.12 trillion (US$53.3 million) from the State budget following the recent increase in electricity price,

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A fresh wave of cyber attacks hit major South Korean Web sites, including that of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, on Friday, local media reported, citing industrial sources.

New data suggest that the epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) and its generic versions increase the risk for the birth defects cleft lip and cleft palate in babies born to women who use the medication during pregnancy, the U.S. Food

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Loc is one of two Vietnamese female scientists who will receive the Kovalevskaia Award 2010 at a ceremony in Ha Noi on March 8, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The travel agency that organised the fatal tour that left 12 people dead in Ha Long Bay last month was shut down yesterday, March 6, by the Ha Noi Sports, Culture and Tourism Department,

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police are investigating an individual who allegedly created a website to slander a company and its director in order to make a profit.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch windsurfer and world No 2 Bjorn Dunkerbeck won the men's slalom event at the 2011 Viet Nam PWA Grand Slam, which wrapped up on Saturday in Mui Ne Bay in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Binh Duong Province Women's Cycling Open will begin on Monday with the participation of 15 teams, including two foreign teams from Thailand and Malaysia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the return of three-time Golden Ball winner Le Cong Vinh, Ha Noi T&T suffered a humiliating 1-4 loss to Hoang Anh Gia Lai yesterday, March 6, in the Central Highlands city of Pleiku.

Law enforcement agencies are now using smart phones to track and arrest graffiti vandals in Los Angeles, a newspaper report said on Saturday.

A group of young scientists is working out on the project to develop tourism products from severe rains and storms in the central region. They believe in the attractiveness of the products, though some people think that this is just a crazy plan.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Lak is suffering from a serious shortage of teachers, to the detriment of Ede ethnic minority students, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi National University will be the first in Viet Nam to offer graduate degrees in sustainable science, a move that will bring more professionalism to research on sustainability policies.