• Believing stones to be gold, thousands of people flock to road

    01/12/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people flocked to a road in the southern province of Long An on December 1 and the morning of December 2 to pick up stones as they believed those were gold. Local police said that the 20-km provincial road 838, which runs from Tan Thanh...

  • Ceremony honours revolutionary historian

    30/11/2010 05:00

    A ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of the death of historian Pham Than Duat (1825-85) was held at Ha Noi’s Literature Temple on Monday, honouring his great contributions to Vietnamese people’s revolution against the French colonialists. Duat,...

  • Vietnam’s growth model losing its motive power

    Vietnam’s growth model losing its motive power

    30/11/2010 05:00

    If Vietnam cannot go beyond the current growth model, the nation would be stuck in the “middle income trap” and it will have to face the competition from other lower income countries, experts have warned. Â Meanwhile, the heavy reliance on outside capital sources to...

  • And then, they live

    29/11/2010 05:00

    Behavior Change cannot be achieved with support from NGO and communities only, but with people living with HIV/AIDS themselves really did it by supporting the community to prevent the prevalence of the epidemics, by showing their effort to survive and to fight against the deadly...

  • Three-part exhibit features multiple shades of Ha Noi

    26/11/2010 05:00

    An exhibition entitled Ha Noi – City Mirrored in Art displaying works by more than 20 artists who have featured the capital city in their creations opened on Thursday. The exhibition, curated by Natasha Kraevskaia and Lisa Drummond, both of whom designed their exhibits based...

  • Deadly spider nets in HCM City

    Deadly spider nets in HCM City

    25/11/2010 05:00

    Telecom cables and electric wires hang down on HCM City’s streets, which looks ugly and is dangerous for passers-by....

  • Hanoi looked from above

    Hanoi looked from above

    13/10/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – These valuable photos about old Hanoi are selected from a 2000-picture collection about Hanoi compiled by a retired teacher Doan Thinh and his son. The old quarter...

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