• Viet Nam and the ADB sign $1.38 billion Water, Environment, Transport Deal

    07/05/2011 05:00

    Today the Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam, Nguyen Van Giau and the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiko Kuroda, signed a US$1.38 billion financial assistance deal set to help increase access to clean water, conserve threatened forests and ease...

  • Obama says U.S. making progress in defeating al-Qaida

    07/05/2011 05:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday visited troops that were responsible for the killing of al- Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden, saying the country is making progress in defeating and dismantling al-Qaida, and is on track to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. “We’re making...

  • Vietnam has more to tell: Discovery Channel

    07/05/2011 05:00

    “Vietnam still has more interesting stories to tell the world”, Mark Francis, Discovery Networks’ AP Director Production & Development said on a series of four Vietnamese documentaries shown on the network during May. The films, winners of the network’s Vietnam...

  • Government agencies seriously lacking security experts

    Government agencies seriously lacking security experts

    06/05/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been warned that it will not succeed in building up an e-government and become an information technology power if it cannot settle the current deficiency of information security experts. Lacking security experts...

  • 20 containers of equipment shipped to Vietnam for Super Junior show

    20 containers of equipment shipped to Vietnam for Super Junior show

    06/05/2011 05:00

    The organizing board said that technicians from South Korea, Malaysia, over 100 workers from China and nearly 200 Vietnamese workers are building the outdoor stage at the Go Dau Stadium. The stage in Vietnam is the largest and most expensive...

  • Expats clamor over crime 

    Expats clamor over crime 

    06/05/2011 05:00

    A cryptic warning from the US consulate has left foreigners wondering how bad crime really is in Ho Chi Minh City Foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Police in HCMC’s...

  • Da Nang: Over 97 percent choose pink lotus as national flower

    Da Nang: Over 97 percent choose pink lotus as national flower

    05/05/2011 05:00

    The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently opened an exhibition of flowers and held a referendum on choosing the national flower in the central city of Da Nang. Over 97 percent of the votes supported the pink lotus....

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