VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Mai Hung won the girls' U18 rapid chess event with six points at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Sri Lanka on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City has launched an ambitious project to increase English language skills for students in schools and vocational centers during the academic year 2012-2013 at an estimated investment of about VND408 bil.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has reaffirmed Vietnam’s policy of developing nuclear power for peaceful purposes and a green economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Heroin detoxification programmes in northwestern provinces are achieving satisfactory results, despite many obstacles,

Believing that the slowdown in CPI in June reflects the stability of the national economy, foreign institutions have warned that the minus CPI increase in June could be the negative signs for the production and consumption.

More than 60 academics and students from the 26 member universities of the ASEAN University Network (AUN) and from some top ones in Japan, China, and South Korea are meeting in HCM City to discuss global citizenship

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Ha from Hai Duong won the women's 25m pistol event at the National Outstanding Shooters tournament in Ha Noi yesterday, June 26.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday said the forthcoming European Union (EU) Summit would focus on boosting growth and building a stronger Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

VietNamNet Bridge – An international conference on “Building a border of peace and friendship between Vietnam and Laos” was held on June 26 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City came out on top with 20 gold and six silver medals at the 2012 National Junior Vovinam Championships, which officially wrapped up in the southern province of Ca Mau on June 24.

Vietnam strongly protests and requests that China cease the invitation of international bids for 09 oil and gas lots within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on June 26.

Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibe said Tuesday that he believed the HIV/AIDS mortality rate could be reduced.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that the European Union's decision to impose oil embargo on Iran will hurt the interests of EU members.

Quang Ngai has a peaceful combination of rivers, mountains and waterfalls together with many old relics and architectural works.

Right after JFE, a big Japanese group, announced its plan to invest in Vietnam, other Japanese investors have also shown their intention to follow JFE.

Though Vietnamese people have been aware of the importance of the green architecture, the worldwide tendency remains far from becoming popular in Vietnam.

Microsoft announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire enterprise social network Yammer for 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in cash. "The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love,"

VietNamNet Bridge – While people are worrying that elephants will be extinct in Vietnam in the next ten years, this man breeds and helps elephants to reproduce.

The fact that Vietnam has fallen by some grades in Tholons’ ranking in software outsourcing turns out to be not the bad news at all. Especially, insiders believe that the figures quoted by Tholons are higher than Hanoi’s actual capability.