VietNamNet Bridge – Many children in Ha Noi are losing their recreation venues as traders encroach on their playgrounds. As a result, many are forced to play on the sidewalks or become absorbed in on-line games.

Employers dodge social insurance payments; Dong Nai collects social insurance debts; Hoi An water cut-off scares away tourists; 180 workers hospitalized for food poisoning in HCM City

British physicist Peter Higgs who proposed the existence of Higgs boson in 1964 hailed the findings of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Wednesday, calling it "an occasion for celebration."

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam would like Japan’s Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice to continue helping upgrade its legal system in terms of civil, economic and procedural laws, as well as personnel training.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening its friendship and cooperation with Nicaragua , said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

A bailout package worth 9 trillion dong has been suggested to rescue the ca tra (catfish) industry. However, doubts have been raised that this would not help save the industry, because the bailout package would only benefit enterprises, not farmers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of northern Hai Duong Province on Tuesday fined three local enterprises VND130 million ($6,200) for violating the environment law.

Indonesia invites VN for friendly match; Tam, Nhan win junior cycling event; U22 football team loses to S Korea; Ha Noi tops national fencing tourney

While the government has forced state owned economic groups to withdraw capital from other companies to gather their strength on forte business fields, worries have been raised that the process may go slowly because of the current regulations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Oil paintings by Buddhist priest Phap Hanh have been exhibited in Vietnam and many countries. VietNamNet introduces some paintings that were recently introduced at an exhibition in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hearing rumors of a goldsmith’s store selling fake gold, a hundred people who had bought gold there flocked to the shop to sell gold, causing chaos in Thai Hoa town, in Binh Duong province.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than half a million candidates sat for entrance examinations for 125 universities nationwide yesterday, July 4.

The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian military officials warning against any military aggression on the country.

The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long will be named an historical and cultural park under a plan approved recently by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to promote the global value of the 1,300-year-old site in the centre of the capital city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed ministries, agencies and localities to ensure capital is invested effectively in key areas and projects to avoid misdirected investment, waste and losses.

Nearly 3,000 BMW cars will be recalled in China due to defects in their steering systems, the country's consumer quality watchdog said Wednesday.

HCMC chairman Le Hoang Quan on Monday sat down with the WB representatives to discuss funding for the second phase of the city’s environmental sanitation project worth US$470 million, with the global lender expected to supply US$450 million.

The head of the Wallonie-Bruxelles delegation from Belgium to Vietnam, Franck Pezza, has been awarded the insignia ‘For the cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism’.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) officially took control of its second satellite, the VINASAT-2, at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – On occasion of the United States' Independence Day on July 4, Viet Nam News presents an article written by US Ambassador to Viet Nam David B Shear.