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  

The consequences of the power cuts have become so serious that foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have lodged complaints to the government and local authorities, warning that the power cuts are worsening the investment environment in Vietnam.

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva decided on Thursday to dissolve the parliament and call for elections on June 5. This is the outcome of the political crisis that started on March 23, when the five opposition parties from the left

VietNamNet Bridge – After the recent cold spells, the sacred turtle living in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake went ashore to sunbathe on March 31, drawing attention from people around.

An agreement on visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders from Viet Nam and El Salvador was signed in Ha Noi yesterday, March 31, after successful talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Hanoi set for international electric music festival; Vietnamese to vote for favorite books; Trinh Cong Son’s love songs hit Hue palace

The Ministry of Science and Technology issued Circular No 01/2011/TT-BKHCN on March 16 guiding the establishment and operation of so-called "Science and Technology Organisations with foreign-owned capital.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first index measuring the performance of governance and public administration which was compiled from interviews with the public was released yesterday, March 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – After ten years of implementing policies on encouraging the development of information technology, software firms still cannot attain domestic clients, even though the domestic market is considered as having great potentials.

Republicans haven't reached an agreement with the White House on a spending bill that would avert an April 8 shut-down of the federal government, said U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday.

Students disdain social sciences; Bright students allowed to gallop past their peers; IT scholarships for 100 disabled people

Firework festival tours fully booked; Travel agencies ready for April 30; More flights to Phu Yen; Cruise ship returns to Ha Long; Central bay now national landscape

VietNamNet Bridge – A landslide this morning killed at least two people and injured five others on Len Co Mountain in Nghe An Province.

Japan has voiced intentions to decommission a severely damaged nuclear power plant whose continued radioactive leaks have kept thrown the country into an unrelenting crisis since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tinh Yeu va Khat Vong (Love and Aspiration), a classical drama written by Pham Ngoc Son, drew hundreds of viewers when it was performed in the central province of Phu Yen's Phu Hoa District on Wednesday night.