VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental issues challenging the Mekong River were discussed at a three-day international Mekong Environment Symposium, which closed on Thursday in HCM City.

Only scoring four out of eleven goals in the first round of the V-League 2013 and taking up to three fourths of the total number of red cards, fans are disappointed with domestic football players. The V.League is still the stage of foreign players.

People in the area of the strange skin disease are anxious with their fate while the Ministry of Health is struggling to "decode" the disease. The disease that has killed 23 people in Quang Ngai is raging violently.

Making historical films is a challenge for Vietnamese directors who do not have large outdoor studios to shoot in and who can not find relevant props and costumes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Tourism Association has unveiled a domestic tourism stimulation programme, hoping a successful year for inbound tourism.

 South Korean and US troops launched a joint military exercise Monday as North Korea, which has slammed the drill and threatened both countries with nuclear attack, severed its hotline with Seoul.

CAD has reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) that it is analyzing Thai and Indonesian petitions to apply anti-dumping measures against Vietnam’s steel exports to the markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked Bui Quang Tien, head of the Payment Department, to explain his comments concerning ATM customers.

Vietnamese parents urge their children to attend foreign language training courses and attend the exams for certificates.

VietNamNet Bridge – After a series of disturbing media reports showed that illegal hunting and trading of wild pangolins remains rife in parts of Viet Nam, renowned wildlife activist Nguyễn Văn Thái has pledged . . .

The strategic cooperation of the three big guys in the energy sector is believed to harm the national economy because it would make the market monopoly become more serious.

VietNamNet Bridge – Immaculately dressed in a blue velvet suit and with her long black hair tied back neatly in a bun, Bach Khanh Hoa reservedly walks up to the stage and shyly acknowledges the salvo of applause

VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will perform classical pieces under the baton of famous German Professor Bernhard Epstein at the Hanoi Opera House

To get money for life, or to buy nice motorcycles, fancy phones, many female students in Ho Chi Minh City accept to work as waitresses at pubs and restaurants. Some of them then become prostitutes.

Vinacomin in the clear over duties; Kazakhstan carrier eyes Hanoi; Kien Giang plans Cambodia sea route; Banks optimistic about inflation; Vietnam, Germany hold seminar on energy policy

 VietNamNet Bridge – A wider door will open for many Vietnam-based firms to benefit from new special customs priorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Actress and ballet dancer Thanh Mai is a business woman and television presenter of such shows such as Suc song moi and Phong cach nu hoang. She talks to Viet Van about her varied life and what keeps her passionate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Office worker Nguyen Thi Ngoc has decided to bring a prepared lunch to work each day, prompted by an increase in the cost of restaurant meals in her area.

Thirty years after the doi moi (renovation) was kicked off, Vietnam has had a billionaire recognized in the world. Who would be the second billionaire?

VietNamNet Bridge – Five men broke a tomb to steal the skull of the dead then leaving an announcement asking for ransom of VND300 million ($15,000).