• Vatican envoy in ‘historic’ visit: Vietnamese church 

    28/04/2011 05:00

    Catholics attend a mass. The Vatican’s first representative to Vietnam since 1975 has made a “historic” visit to the communist country, according to a local Catholic church statement. The trip by Holy See envoy Leopoldo Girelli is part...

  • Mobile phone spammer fined in Hanoi 

    27/04/2011 05:00

    The Ministry of Information and Communications Wednesday fined a company VND70 million (US$3,414) for illegally spamming mobile phones.   Hanoi-based EMOBI Joint-stock company has distributed messages, even though it...

  • Vietnam sends first relief batch to Japan 

    27/04/2011 05:00

    The tsunami that was spawned by the monster quake tossed buildings together in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Reuters). Vietnam has sent the first batch of relief goods worth a total US$150,000 to Japan as part of Vietnam’s...

  • Vietnamese currency offered for sale on eBay

    Vietnamese currency offered for sale on eBay

    26/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - On the online auction and shopping website “eBay”, a complete set of Vietnam polymer currency banknotes are offered for sale at the price of 95 dollars, or nearly two million Vietnam dong. The currency set includes the bank notes with...

  • Vietnam calls for ten-year delay in Mekong River’s dam 

    26/04/2011 05:00

    A farmer feeds his cows on a dry riverbank in the Mekong Delta. Environmentalists have called for the cancellation of the first dam planned by Laos on the lower reaches of the Mekong River. Vietnam has officially asked Laos to delay the...

  • Elephant savagely killed in central Vietnam 

    26/04/2011 05:00

    An elephant found dead in a forest in the central highlands resort town of Da Lat Sunday. An elephant was found brutally killed in the central highlands resort town of Da Lat Sunday.   The 38-year-old male elephant was found tied...

  • Mobile phone spammers busted in Hanoi 

    26/04/2011 05:00

    Investigators from the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications Tuesday busted a Hanoi-based company spamming thousands of mobile phones with advertisements.   During the raid, conducted in cooperation...

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