Schools have been told to compile documents and have enough textbooks for teaching and learning by 2015. However, a lot of schools complain that the task is beyond their means.

The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid fell sharply to a five-year low last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of the Hanoi-based Trung Viet Taxi firm has apologized to and returned the money to an Australian couple who had to pay nearly VND1 million ($47) for a 7km journey in Hanoi.

FPT, VinaPhone and Viettel have all said they would be the authorized distributors of iPhone products.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travelers cannot make the most of the tourism season, but they can only taste the bitterness when they are overcharged at tourist sites.

Vietnam plans to equitize some first class ports including Hai Phong, Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Saigon and Quy Nhon, a part of the program to call for private investment into the infrastructure development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since the day he was born, Mr. Vang Seo Chung, resided in Ta Lu Than village, Ha Giang province has lived for over 40 years with a half meter tail.

South Koreans have been flocking to Vietnam to invest in the real estate, retail, logistics, consumer goods and electronics projects, the business fields that they have great advantages.

A protein in breast milk may help reverse antibiotic resistance and offer a new path against superbugs that cause pneumonia and staph infections, US researchers reported.

After the holidays, tourism sites have been flooded with rubbish left by travelers who ignore public sanitation rules.

VietNamNet Bridge – The famed Polish Royal String Quartet (RSQ) will perform their debut concert in Ha Noi on May 7, showcasing several compositions from world-famous composers.

Fish breeding may disappear from Hanoi village; Ministry proposes minimum wage increase delay; Rental property market challenged by recession; Financial restructuring fails to show results

VietNamNet Bridge – On the opening day, April 29, the exhibition "Vietnam's Hoang Sa - The historical evidences" at the Da Nang City Museum welcomed hundreds of foreign visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge – A little girl named Doan Thi Hong V. (born 2001) in Phuoc Son Commune, Ninh Phuoc district, Ninh Thuan province on April 27 gave birth to a son in the stupefaction of many people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is rumored that Mr. Tr and his son are lucky to find aloes worth VND100 billion or $5 million in the core zone of the National Park of Phong Nha - Ke Bang.

VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, May 2, a 12-year-old student in the central province of Ha Tinh was struck dead by lightning amid the school yard.

Aid handed to hapless Quang Ngai fishermen; Prisoners handed Liberation amnesty; Big Lao drug ring busted; Lao drug trafficker seized; Vietnam aims to clear bomb-polluted areas

VietNamNet Bridge – At noon on May 1, the USNS Amelia Earhart vessel of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy anchored at the Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa province for periodical repair.

VietNamnet Bridge – Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem played excellently to win the rapid chess championship of the national rapid and blitz chess tournament 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has agreed to grant certificates of land-use rights and house ownership, known in Viet Nam as a "red book", to overseas Vietnamese and foreigner home buyers.