VietNamNet Bridge – A baby girl surprised her neighbors in Tam Lanh commune, Phu Ninh district, the central province of Quang Nam by uttering he first words at two months old.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of investment and land shortages in different areas have stymied HCM City's plans to build and upgrade green parks, officials say.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the first three weeks of this year, 26 people tested positive for A/H1N1 influenza, according to the Ministry of Health's Preventive Health Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Greater gender equality, especially among National Assembly deputies, will be promoted at all political levels in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Centre for Protection of Labour's Health and Working Environment under the Department of Health this year will conduct tighter inspections of labour safety and hygiene as well as health care for company workers . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Monthly allowances for the elderly will be increased beginning in March, according to a Government decision.

Global financial stability was still not assured and significant policy challenges remained to be addressed even nearly four years after the onset of the severe financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign ministers from ASEAN member countries and China gathered in China's capital of Kunming yesterday, Jan 25, to discuss measures to expand relations in various fields.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 100 of 197 local farmers in HCM City's Can Gio District received their first compensation payout from Vedan Viet Nam early this week for losses caused by the firm's polluting Thi Vai River.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Viet Nam Environment Administration have found that many industrial parks in southern Binh Duong Province have been discharging untreated waste water into the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vetinarians looking into the death of a rare Javan rhinoceros in Cat Tien National Park have said it died from gun shot wounds.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign students wishing to study at a Vietnamese university or college will be exempt from entrance examinations by a new regulation of the Ministry of Education and Training.

VietNamNet Bridge – A bursting spring atmosphere will be brought to downtown Ha Noi by a festival gathering typical products such as bonsai trees from handicraft villages on the outskirts of the city between January 27 and February 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition by French photographer Sebastien Laval, entitled Communities Through Time, has opened at L'Espace, the French cultural centre in Ha Noi.

President sends condolences to Russian, Brazilian leaders; Book published on China, Viet Nam land border; Viet Nam, UAE ink visa waiver pact; Party, State leaders pay Tet visits to intellectuals

VietNamNet Bridge – A Spring Flower and Drinks Fair which has opened in Ha Noi will see some last-minute politicking for the selection of Viet Nam's national flower.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 25,000 migrant workers at HCM City's Pou Yuen Company and Tan Tao Industrial Park attended a special performance on Monday featuring "a happy taste of Tet".

Two terrorists were involved in the suicide bomb attack at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, a law enforcement source told local media Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers, their representatives and ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan met in Southwest China to discuss bilateral strategic cooperation

Supporters of Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri took to the streets Monday to protest against the imminent nomination of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati for the new premiership.