The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to verify the qualification of general school English teachers in a plan to ensure that the teaching staff can meet the required standards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The way of making and drinking Lotus or Jasmine tea is the treasured custom of Vietnamese people. Every cup of natural flower-scented tea captures a fraction of Vietnam’s rich and vibrant culture.

Carrying passengers from here to there proves to be the most costly, time consuming and risky process when operating tours in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fish with a snake body and crocodile head, an oyster with 16 pearls, a snakehead weighing 6kg, a vegetarian pig that can guard a house like a dog are the strange animals that have recently appeared in Vietnam.

Born without hands at birth, Tham can write, draw, sew, type... by her feet. Her painting won the second prize in a painting contest while her notebooks are on display at the Vietnam Women's Museum.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese exporters have been taking hectic preparations to get adapted to the US new law on food safety, showing their determination to boost exports to the market.

Forestry land to be used for agriculture; Incompetent construction contractors to be named and shamed; Official blames cross ownership for banking risks; SMEs see a decline in investment, financial access

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Mau Cape National Park in Ca Mau Province in the southernmost tip of Vietnam will be recognized as a Ramsar site on December 13, the fifth such site in Vietnam,

 EU leaders named Luxembourg central bank chief Yves Mersch to a top European Central Bank post Friday after his nomination was held up for months by objections that there were no women candidates for the job.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hip-hop team S.I.N.E won three champion titles at K-Battle International 2012 held in Korat City by Thailand's Ministry of Culture.

The new tuna fishing technology imported from China has generated an “exploit” to the fisheries industry in Binh Dinh province. However, while helping increase the output, the technology will push the industry to the verge of an abyss.

  Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards announce winners; Vietnam wins six medals at Int’l Circus Festival; Free photos to be given away at Portrait Festival in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - On November 21, a bomb and mine clearance team of the Ministry of Defense unexpectedly found a big rocket in a rice field in Phong Hao village in Vinh City, Nghe An Province.

On November 23, the National Assembly passed the Law on Anti-Corruption. However, the establishment of an independent anti-corruption agency or the commission on corruption investigation under the NA is not included in the law.

 Viet Nam and other ASEAN countries have regularly held consultations on the issues in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi told journalists at the ministry's regular press conference in Ha Noi

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Agency has released a decision on licensing 21 more songs of famous songwriter Pham Duy in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the capital city's most iconic structures, Long Bien Bridge, has proved to be a fertile source of inspiration at a festival celebrating Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Day in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic wooden furniture market reportedly is worth three billion dollars, but it can bring only 20 percent of the total income of domestic wooden furniture manufacturers.

 The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.

 British oil major BP and Russian group Rosneft said Thursday that they have signed a final agreement on the sale by BP to Rosneft of half of the third biggest Russian oil company, TNK-BP, as part of a major shift in strategy by the British company.