VietNamNet Bridge - Seven Vietnamese kickboxers made the finals of the World Amateur Muay Thai Championships in Ayutthaya, Thailand, but they only managed to bring home two gold and two bronze medals.

VietNamNet Bridge – The catastrophe in Japan doesn’t affect the nuclear power projects in Ninh Thuan but it gives Vietnam food for thought on how to manage and select nuclear technologies, say experts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the big difficulties in the economic downturn, life insurance companies still had a prosperous year 2010.

Software companies have called on schools to strongly reform the training of foreign languages for IT sector. They believe that it is necessary to compel the schools, which provide the labor force for the software industry, to teach in English.

Luxuries like fine cosmetics, high-end cell phones, super cars and others now flood Ho Chi Minh City market amidst concerns over rising prices and government measures to reduce Vietnam’s trade deficit.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors in Vietnam have pointed out that underground fees are the biggest problem for them when doing business in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year has the highest number of track-and-field athletes participating in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), aiming to win 8-10 gold medals.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the law bans the trade and use of wildlife products, some rich people collect these products to prove their wealth and status.

Sculpture exhibition “The house” to open in Hanoi; Belgian film to be screened in Vietnam; Book festival reaches out to young readers; Concert proceeds donated to Japanese earthquake victims  

VietNamNet Bridge – The encroachment of sea water into the Dong Nai-Saigon river system has soared, affecting the supply of freshwater for agriculture and daily life of millions of people in HCM City.

Lucky Luke comic book welcomed in Vietnam; Ninh Thuan to host int’l sculpture camp; International Choir Festival opens in Hoi An; Exhibition recounts daily life in Saigon; Ha Long Bay slips two-year low on world ranking

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese ages 35 and up can take part in the “Evergreen Singing” contest, which will start on March 21.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged HCM City authorities to review the process of moving inner-city ports along the Sai Gon River to outlying areas and resolving hurdles faced in the process.

VietNamNet Bridge – Youngsters are causing a stir by sporting clothes emblazoned with sexually suggestive and rude statements.

VietNamNet Bridge - After carrying out a World Wildlife Fund-sponsored hydrology plan, Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap is seeing Sarus Cranes return in large numbers.

US MIA league visits Defence Ministry headquarters; Party General Secretary Trong welcomes Cambodian leader; Nation discusses border co-operation with China

Since earlier this week, when hearing news about the explosions at a Japanese nuke plant, and the risk of a nuclear crisis, Vietnamese mothers have been rushing to purchase Japanese formulas.

“Of the 25 tsunami scenarios in the East Sea that can threaten Vietnam, the most dangerous and possible quakes are the ones may come from subduction in the western Philippines,” according to Dr. Le Huy Minh, Deputy chief of the Geophysics Institute.

The situation of Japan's Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant remains "very serious," but there has been "no significant worsening" over the past 24 hours, said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday.

The UN Security Council resolution authorizing a no-fly zone over conflict-torn Libya has continued to spark mixed reaction from countries around the world.