Love remained a dream beyond touch for Dong Zhijun and Yuan Wanyu until they got to know each other through internet more than one year ago.

A package addressed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi caught fire during a police check at Italy's Bologna airport, local media reported on Wednesday.

“Now I’m a deputy minister so it is difficult for me to speak up in my role as a National Assembly deputy,” says Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Dinh.

Most of the 491 deputies elected three years ago to the National Assembly hold two official positions. How can they fulfill both responsibilities?

Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh told the National Assembly that the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group’s huge debt of 86 trillion dong is frozen in its projects. But some projects are effective and some are ineffective.

Families from South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, torn asunder by a civil war decades ago, reunited Wednesday in what marks the second round of such an event.

VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN will take the initiative to participate in dialogues with the United Nations and other organisations of good will such as the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization to improve the role of international law

APFNet helps northern province ensure forest management; Ho Chi Minh City hopes to tackle flood issues; Dung Quat contaminates air in central Vietnam

PM receives outgoing Italian, N Korean envoys; Zimbabwe seeks cooperation with Vietnam; Seminar to build Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership; Canada, Vietnam boost all-round cooperation

Consumer predilections for foreign drugs are turning Vietnam away from its own cheap meds

Industrial parks seek investors; State to increase auditing activities next year; Shares continue downward trend

Police burns the 8,000 kilo of hashish; Vietnam-RoK Peace Village inaugurated; Cold months predicted for northern Viet Nam; Vietnam, Laos boost cooperation in TV broadcasting; 22,000 rural labourers have new jobs

VietNamNet Bridge – Qatar Airways officially launched the Doha-Hanoi route on November 2 with four flights a week.

Vietnam should learn the lessons from other countries in attracting foreign investment, and it needs to make fundamental changes in terms of policies

The mobile phone prices have increased sharply in recent days due to the dollar price increases. However, it is quite a surprise that the price increases do not make the purchasing power decrease.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians are astonished with the new “face” of O Quan Chuong gate, a relic of the Thang Long royal citadel. Its antique exterior has been restored with a new layer of mortar.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Architecture Association has launched a design competition challenging domestic and overseas Vietnamese architects to come up with an innovative idea for building houses in flood-prone areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese contestant Kieu Khanh wore a smart yellow gown in the final night of Miss World 2010 pageant last weekend. Fans are sad because she didn’t enter the top 25.

Nowadays more and more parents hire detectives to supervise their children. The service has been booming following an increasing demand from busy and high income parents

VietNamNet Bridge – As three hydro-power reservoirs in Ba River in Phu Yen province in central Vietnam were opened to discharge water on November 2, the province’s capital - Tuy Hoa city - has been flooded since the evening of November 2.