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Gold medal for Vietnamese artists at International Circus Festival
12/08/2010 05:00
The HCM City circus troupe won the gold medal for their act named Power of Arms at the International Circus Festival which closed on August 11 at Hanoi’s Central Circus Theatre. The HCM City circus troupe won the gold medal...
Beetle gets into boy’s lung
11/08/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors from the HCM City-based Children’s Hospital 1 have just taken out a beetle from the lung of a seven-year-old boy from the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. Doctors said that this is a rare accident. After nearly one month suffering from a...
Vietnam to have 3.3 million poor households based on new standards
11/08/2010 05:00
The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs has submitted new standards on poverty to the Prime Minister. Poverty fight begs for varied planning Poverty fight starts to work More to qualify for aid...
Hanoi looks spacious after “sky rubbish” cleared up
11/08/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – After tangled cables and electrical wires hung on electric poles were buried, many Hanoi’s streets have seemingly become spacious. Streets with entangled overhead telecom cables and electrical wires...
Terrified scenes after flash flood
11/08/2010 05:00
A flash flood swept away five houses in Khe Rong, Sapa town on August 4 night. As the flood went suddenly, people had enough time to get out of danger. They lost all their belongings. VietNamNet captured the flood’s aftermath in Sapa....
U.S. Navy gives free check-up to Da Nang residents
11/08/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors aboard the USS John S. McCain on August 11-12 worked with area health care providers to offer free check-ups and medicines to around 1000 people in Da Nang. Fifteen American physicians divided into two groups to provide general examinations and...
11,000 people walk for peace
09/08/2010 05:00
Nearly 11,000 people participated in the walk entitled “For peaceful and prosperous ASEAN Community” in Hanoi on August 8. The walk was co-organised by the National ASEAN 2010 Committee and Hanoi authorities on the occasion of the 43 rd ASEAN anniversary, 15 th...