Every breast implant operation in England is to be recorded on a new register, ministers have announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – Poor infrastructure, human resources and cumbersome immigration procedures has limited tourism development in the Greater Mekong Subregion, which includes portions of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is facing numerous challenges in its bid to improve human resources and take advantage of the current period of "golden demography," experts have said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The organizing committee of the Vietnamese version of Dancing with the Stars, Buoc nhay hoan vu, has announced that ten couples will join the fifth season which will be aired every Saturday on VTV3 starting from January 4

VietNamNet Bridge – The middle and affluent class (MAC) in Viet Nam will double in size between now and 2020, from 12 million to 33 million consumers, a survey of the Boston Consulting Group has found.

 Party leader lauds army for fulfilling key peace-time duties; Enhancing people-to-people external relations in new period; Russia supports construction of nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Canh Luong, Vice President of the Hanoi University of Technology, has been denounced of plagiarizing a dissertation 20 years ago.

 At least 10 people have been killed and 10 others hurt in a suspected terrorist attack on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, officials say.

About nine hectares of the forest protecting against sand encroachment and climate change have been cleared to give place to a cemetery project covering an area of 10 hectares in Loc Ha district of Ha Tinh province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phablet, or the smart phone with large screens – 5 inches or bigger, which was an unfamiliar concept to Vietnamese in the first half of 2013, has become so popular.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Bang Tuyet" means ice and snow, but this teacher -- who decided overnight to devote her life to helping children with Down syndrome and autism -- has a warm heart that contradicts the coldness of her name.

For the majority of Vietnamese, 2013 is a difficult year when they have to cut down expenses to exist. Meanwhile, the General Statistics Office (GSO) at the end of the year reported an impressive increase in the income per capita.

At noon on December 29, while bathing at the 30/4 beach in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City, seven boys of the Nguyen Binh Khiem secondary school, Binh Duong Street, were swept away.

VietNamNet Bridge – “East European group” refers to the group of Vietnamese businessmen starting up in East European countries and developing their business in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Science and Technology Journalists Club and the Science and Technology Communication Research and Development Centre have selected and announced the sector’s most notable events in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first journalism museum in Viet Nam will open by June 21, 2015 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Viet Nam Revolutionary Journalism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Thuan Province has so much to offer tourists. In addition to beautiful beaches, sunshine almost all-year round, the original Nui Chua National Park, and fresh but cheap seafood,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite economic difficulties, spending on information technology (IT) and telecom services is expected to soar next year with market value hitting over US$13 billion, according to market survey company IDC.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment on Tuesday proposed the Government to drop the investment format of Build-Transfer, in particular those projects that the State has to pay money back

 Danang suggests bond issuance; Number of SOEs halved after 13 years; Overseas remittance to HCMC estimated at US$4.8 billion in 2013; FDI sector witnesses large trade surplus; Public debt may account for over 98% of GDP

VietNamNet Bridge – Standing on the threshold of her unfinished house, 32-year-old Nguyen Thi Luong lit up with joy thinking about her coming baby.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced concerns over the health of enterprises, saying the ever-increasing number of business shutdowns cast a gloomy outlook on the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Few things could have prepared Hoang Thi Nguyet for being caught at the center of one of the biggest scandals to rock the nation's health sector this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot Vietnamese can afford the luxurious parties with sturgeon caviar worth up to $50,000. This partially explains the strong development of the sturgeon farming in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Admission and service charges at many popular tourist destinations nationwide will rise in 2014, causing huge challenges to travel companies in lowering tour prices to improve competitiveness.