• 'Miracle boy' becomes real boy 

    07/03/2011 05:00

    Phung Thien Nhan (Photo by Voice of Vietnam) When an abandoned newborn survived an attack by wild animals in a central Vietnam forest in 2006, people dubbed him “miracle boy.” Two years later, the boy, named Phung Thien Nhan, received...

  • Vietnam has uncontroversial sovereignty of Hoang Sa Archipelago

    Vietnam has uncontroversial sovereignty of Hoang Sa Archipelago

    06/03/2011 05:00

    Historical and legal evidences shows indicate Vietnam’s uncontroversial sovereignty of the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands). On January 19 2011, the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China () published the following information...

  • New home for legendary turtle

    New home for legendary turtle

    05/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet’s Kien Trung on March 2 rowed to the Turtle Tower in the mid-Hoan Kiem Lake to shoot these photos about the construction of a new “house” for the legendary turtle. The construction of a new house for the ancient turtle began on March 2....

  • 3D “Star Wars” to hit theatre in early 2012

    3D “Star Wars” to hit theatre in early 2012

    05/03/2011 05:00

    The 3D version of “Episode 1: The Phantom Menace” will be released on Feb. 10, 2012, according to Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox. This film is the first 3D version in “Star Wars” saga, since Lucasfilm and Fox claimed to convert the entire series...

  • Bamboo sprout thieves wreak havoc on forests

    05/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Forest areas in Luc Yen District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have suffered significant damage due to illegal foraging for the local speciality - bitter bamboo sprouts. Covering about 1,600ha, the forest in An Lac Commune is the...

  • More than 8,000 Vietnamese evacuated from Libya

    More than 8,000 Vietnamese evacuated from Libya

    04/03/2011 05:00

    Over 2,700 Vietnamese workers in Libya have arrived home safely and 5,300 others have been evacuated to other countries, said the Department for Management of Overseas Labor on the afternoon of March 3. The department’s vice chief Dao Cong Hai said that around...

  • Leaving family, a new trend of urban youth

    Leaving family, a new trend of urban youth

    04/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Many young people in big cities of Vietnam like Hanoi and HCM City now prefer an “independent life” like young people in western countries. In the eyes of Vietnamese parents, their children are always very “small” and need “special care” no...

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