VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City planned to reduce the rate of new HIV infections to less than 1 per cent in 2015 and maintain it in the following years, health officials said at a conference last Saturday.

The 2010 UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action about the event.

Vietnam has emerged as one of the top destinations for travellers from Thailand, Australia, Japan, and Singapore, according to a recent survey compiled by Visa and the Pacific Asia Travel Association.

The simplification of administrative procedures was important to overcoming crisis and turning challenges into opportunities, Government Office Minister and Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

According to the 2009 national environment report, announced in June this year, around 70% of the 1 million cubic meters of sewage produced daily is released directly into Vietnam’s waterways.

HCMC has reached agreement with two other provinces to develop what will become a southern tourism triangle through a variety of joint product development and marketing projects from now to 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge - The suspension of 16 construction projects in Ha Noi has caused controversy among authorities in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thieves broke open an ATM machine in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District and stole more than VND1 billion (US$51,000) on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 2,000 year old village with a 1,000 year old traditional craft, Hanoi’s Son Dong is a must-see stop on any heritage trail for tourists.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Bird flu H5N1 virus was discovered in northern provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh that were affected by floods this month, said health officials on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge- A young population and fast urbanization are the major elements turning Vietnam into a promised land for local and international property development companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam stands ready to cooperate with foreign countries and international organisations to improve tiger conservation in the country and the region.

Nguyen Y Chi, a former police officer, has kept the belongings of an American pilot who died in Quang Ngai province over 40 years ago. He wished to hand over the keepsakes to the pilot’s family on the Day for Reconciliation (September 9).

VietNamNet Bridge - The eighth session of the 12th National Assembly wrapped up in the capital city of Hanoi on November 26 after more than one month of sitting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Propaganda art is well-known in Vietnam and has proved highly popular with tourists but in this era of mass-marketing, billboard advertisements and TV commercials is anyone producing original propaganda art anymore? 

The Japanese cabinet's extra budget for financing a stimulus package worth about 5 trillion yen (59 billion U.S. dollars) was voted down at a plenary session of the opposition-controlled upper house on Friday.

U.S. President Barack Obama was hurt in a basketball game Friday morning, and got 12 stitches in his lip, the White House said.

Rapidly growing Apple Inc. has bought 98 acres of land in Cupertino, nearly doubling the size of its headquarters in the city in U.S. state of California, U.S. media reported on Friday.

A project to support poor districts in promoting labour exports for 2009-2020 has achieved initial results. Thousands of workers across the country have been sent abroad in nearly two years.

Hue paves the way for investment; Agricultural exports top year's targets; Industrial production rises 13.8%