VietNamNet Bridge - The Coast Guard said last year it made more than 500 reconnaissance trips and detected 3,750 foreign fishing vessels violating Vietnam's waters.

The Cypriot government has warned that banking curbs to prevent money from leaving the country will apply for longer than expected, in a blow to the island's attempts to revive its paralysed economy.

The sharp decrease in the car ownership registration tax is believed to help stimulate the demand for used cars.

MPI believes that it’s not the right time to apply the decentralization mechanism in licensing foreign direct investment (FDI) projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese public has been invited to comment on an amended draft of the country's constitution.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has announced that it would build an eight-storey trade centre near Hoan Kiem Lake amid concerns about limiting development in the historical centre of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though enjoying special preferences, the international universities of excellence still find it difficult to enroll students.

Vietnam plans to stop analog TV in the 5 biggest cities by 2015. Therefore, digital TV would be broadcasted in the cities together with analog TV from 2014.

While the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) highly appreciated the achievements and set ambitious plans on tourism development, travel firms feel depressed about the future.

Bai Tu Long, a wonderful beautiful landscape in Ha Long Bay – a world natural heritage area, has been seriously polluted. Meanwhile, the local authorities still turn a deaf ear to the problem.

Samsung has accelerated the implementation of its $2 billion project in Thai Nguyen province amid the genuine enthusiasm of the local authorities, which have offered the South Korean the highest possible investment incentives.

The whole land strip in the central region, which is believed to possess big tourism potentials with beautiful beaches, has been damaged by the mineral exploitation activities.

Given that all the stages of the agricultural production chain are "problematic," from policy to farmers and enterprises to export markets, Professor Vo Tong Xuan discuss solutions to restructure it.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen-year-old Nguyen Trung Hieu stares unblinkingly at the music sheet before him and gently rests his fingers on the piano. Then he takes a breath and begins to play, his hands dancing over the ivory keys.

Hanoi pledges financial aid for enterprises; HCM City urged to change software park land policy; Sale of drought insurance for coffee suspended; Accor continues expansion with three new hotels

This morning, March 29, the Dragon Bridge over the Han River in Da Nang was inaugurated and opened for traffic on the occasion of Da Nang’s 38th anniversary of the liberation. Located 1km away, the sail-shaped Tran Thi Ly was also put into operation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of the Long Khanh General Hospital in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 23 met with two families to offer and apologize for delivering the wrong baby to them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the Government's newly issued Resolution 02, some small- and medium-sized enterprises no longer qualify for preferential policies, which has left them struggling to pay debts and continue production,

In the U.S., the family of late composer Pham Duy has announced to prohibit the use of works and photos of the late musician on all means. The family members are discussing the exploitation and management of his music inheritance.