The multi-billion dollar projects were praised as the prideful achievements of local authorities in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction. However, the projects have turned out to be the “pain in the neck.”

 No positive samples of the H7N9 virus have been found in pigs or farms in China so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tax relief for business support is one of the main discussions at the opening meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on April 9.

Going to Tam Ngai Commune, Tra Vinh province, to ask about the family with "only one finger and only one toe,” the local people immediately took us to the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Cong.

Hanoi’s traffic police began imposing fines on motorcycle drivers who carry children of over six years old without a helmet on the morning of April 8. While the parents were busy with the fines, their kids were taken to school by police officers.

Surveys have found out that 70-80 percent of foreigners traveled to Vietnam after they heard about the trips to Vietnam from relatives or friends.

 A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody, police said.

 EU legislators struck an anti-corruption deal that aims to force big mining companies to make public the payments they make to governments where they operate, officials said.

Over 10 tons of Australian dirty beef imports have penetrated the domestic market. Chinese grapes have been selling as Ninh Thuan brand grapes. Consumers have been told to become smarter, or they would buy dirty food.

  Leader of Belgian region visits to discuss relations; France Year in Vietnam kicks off; Party General Secretary eyes expanded co-operation with Brazilian communists

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a dimly lit and heavily decorated room of a cafe in downtown Ha Noi, Tran Manh Tien and his four friends share the same table and are all busy surfing the net on their mobile phones and iPads.

Representatives of the embassies of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea have vowed that their countries will take necessary measures to protect the lives and property of Vietnamese citizens living there.

 Serbia holds a national day of mourning Wednesday after a war veteran went on a killing spree, shooting dead 13 relatives and neighbours including his son, his mother and a two-year-old child, in his tiny village near Belgrade.

The Decree No. 25 on collecting waste water fee for the environment protection promulgated on March 29 stipulates that fee would not be collected from spilling-over rainwater.

Hundreds of the 12th graders of Nguyen Hien High School in district 11 of HCM City gathered on March 30 afternoon to cheer loudly on the news that history is not a national final exam subject this year.

It is incomprehensible for many foreigners when LV bags or Salvatore Ferragamo shoes priced at nearly $2,000 are sold well in Vietnam. But Vietnamese are familiar with this cryptic thing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 13 tropical storms will reach the East Sea –with half of them likely to hit Viet Nam, said Bui Minh Tang, director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Centre.

The Ho Tram Strip casino has been licensed by the Vietnamese government. The casino will be opened soon, only for foreigners, announced the project investor, Asian Coast Development Company.

VietNamNet Bridge – They are the players who are in Top 100 of the FIDE world rankings at this moment.

More and more take-away coffee brands, both domestic and foreign, have appeared on the market, creating a new tendency of enjoying coffee among the youth.