• The music doctor 

    The music doctor 

    15/05/2011 05:00

    The 62-year-old doctor  Nguyen Van Tho (L) with a patient. The soft tunes of Beethoven’s Symphony 4b waft through the room. A middle-aged man is on a bed listening...

  • Key ICT summit comes to Hanoi

    14/05/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Some 300 domestic and foreign leaders in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector will gather at the Vietnam ICT Summit 2011, to be held for the first time in Hanoi on June 9-10. Truong Gia Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Software...

  • Mother forgives teachers in class trip death 

    Mother forgives teachers in class trip death 

    14/05/2011 05:00

    The parents of drowned autistic boy hope his special education school (one of the few in Vietnam) will remain open in the wake of tragedy A class at the Bim Bim Kindergarten, for...

  • Bad directions 

    Bad directions 

    14/05/2011 05:00

    Poor signage has added to the frustration of Ho Chi Minh City’s hellacious traffic conditions A total of 13 signs had been posted in a dense cluster at a section near Sai Gon...

  • Vietnam-made robots getting smarter

    13/05/2011 05:00

    Flower robot, bird robot, or the robots which can climb terrains, recognize handwriting or pronounce are all the unique creative products of students throughout the country, which are now displayed at Tech-show 2011, organized on the sideline of the 2011 Robocon championship in Da...

  • Lam Dong: Three charged with selling dead elephant’s ivories

    Lam Dong: Three charged with selling dead elephant’s ivories

    11/05/2011 05:00

    The Lam Dong Province People’s Procuracy has charged Phan Thi Hoa, director of the Nam Qua Eco-Tourism Co., Ltd., and two other with selling ivories of a dead elephant. Hoa, 52, from Lam Dong is now...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 10/5

    10/05/2011 05:00

    Man revives renowned piece of literature in ceramic With skillful hands, patience and burning passion, artisan Pham Xuan Hoa from Bat Trang village, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, has recreated ‘Binh Ngo Dai Cao’ (Proclamation of Victory over the Ngo), a renowned work by scholar...

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