VietNamNet Bridge – A local man in the city of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province, has caught a white shark weighing about 60 kg near the coast, after a period of time of the absence of this fish.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The capital will be used to promote communication, anti-flu exercises, capacity building of laboratories, building isolated zones for flu patients, etc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is holding a conference to promote investment in the Thu Thiem urban area on May 8 to introduce potentials and call for investment in the most beautiful urban area in Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first Earth observation satellite was successfully launched into orbit at 9.06am this morning, May 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being registered with tens of millions of dollars in capital and noisily advertised, many foreign invested projects in the field of tourism remain standstill due to lack of funds or problems with site clearance.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A 10m high wall, about 70m long collapsed on a group of workers below. Consequently, one person died on the spot, four others were injured.

Living in a house of nearly 40 years old which is seriously downgraded, the family of Mr. Kieu Anh Tuan is not allowed to make a repair. Only 30m from the house is a newly-built spacious two-story house.

Chinese meat and seafood of different kinds, from frogs, shrimp to cuttlefish and eels, have been imported in large quantities to Vietnam through illegal channels.

 Three women who had been missing for years -- two of whom disappeared as teenagers -- were found alive in a house in Cleveland, police in the US state of Ohio said.

VietNamNet Bridge – An open air concert celebrating Japanese and Vietnamese music featuring the Ha Noi Brass collective will be held at the Japan Foundation on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of hectares of rice and cereal fields in Quang Nam Province are set to suffer from a serious shortage of water in the coming month, with the region's Dak Mi 4 Hydro-electricity Plant continuing to use up water

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 7th ASEAN Defence Ministerial Meeting, which is slated to take place in Brunei from May 6-8.

Market survey firms, which believe that more and more high income tourists would come to Hanoi, have all predicted that more 5-star hotels would be available in the city by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 450 instances of illegal deforestation were discovered in the first three months of this year, according to the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry.

University students prove to be the most leisured, because they know definitely that they will graduate their schools.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the mobile phone sales reportedly dropped dramatically, more and more manufacturers and distributors still jump into the market.

The Vietnamese market is believed to become scalding hot with the presence of the big guy from Belgium Aneuser-Busch Inbev (AB Inbev), slated for the next year end.

VietNamNet Bridge – Industrial zones may become more appealing if tax incentives are re-introduced. This is the thinking behind a draft law on Corporate Income Tax prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

NASA and private sector experts now agree that a man or woman could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, despite huge challenges.

Enterprises seek funds to bid for gold; Many local firms in race to expand distribution networks; Hanoi rental market lifts real estate gloom; Electronic traders target innocent rural residents