A major ingredient in green coffee bean dietary supplements, often touted as "miracle" weight- loss products, cannot prevent weight gain in mice, a study said Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Miss Asia USA 2006 Jennifer Pham has informed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of her withdrawal from the run for the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador 2013 due to family issues.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese archaeologist Nishimura Masanari who died in an accident on the way to an archaeological site on Sunday, was buried today, June 13, at Kim Lan Commune's graveyard, Gia Lam District, Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty nine houses were burned down in a wild blaze yesterday afternoon, June 12, in Vinh Xuong Commune in Tan Chau Town in the Mekong province of An Giang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Results of the votes of confidence for 47 officials holding positions elected or approved by the legislature were announced on Tuesday at the National Assembly morning meeting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A string of cultural activities will be held in Hanoi from June 17-21 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Luxembourg.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnam swimming star Nguyen Thi Anh Vien stirred the waters at the 2013 Southeast Asian (SEA) Age-group Swimming Championships by taking home an amazing 11 gold and two silver medals and establishing a new SEA Games record

The pressure on the banking system has been eased once the bad debts are on the decrease. However, bankers themselves admitted that their worries still have not been lifted.

 Photographers put Ha Noi in focus; Polish pianist to perform in Hanoi; ‘Subsidy era' chinaware on display in Tay Ho; Vietnamese award-winning movies to screen in Venice

 VietNamNet Bridge – A cable car from Sa Pa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to Fansipan Mountain will be developed in an effort to lure more visitors to the cloudy town.

Eleven models who performed in underwear illegally in a recent fashion show in HCM City will have to pay VND3.5 million fine each, announced the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the journey from China to Indonesia, two foreign cargo ships did not comply with international maritime law when they anchored in the waters of Quang Ngai province.

Song Ma Company has fired the deputy director of Construction Enterprise No. 5 and a team leader after the quarry collapse in Vuc Mountain, causing three deaths and one injured worker on June 7.

When the flow of people was moving through a suspension bridge in Son La, suddenly the cable broke, the bridge was tilted, more than 20 people and their vehicles were knocked down into the water.

Educators have pointed out that the university graduation theses nowadays don’t have much scientific value, believing that students should not be required to write theses for the school graduation.

 PM Dung asks UK to support EU trade talks; President greets 21 new Vietnamese ambassadors; Vietnam calls for peace, stability in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh failed to make it past the first round of the Djarum Indonesia Open badminton tournament in Jarkarta yesterday, June 12.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sustainable agricultural development, husbandry growth and forest protection were among hot issues raised at the National Assembly's Question and Answer session with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Chasing for debtors is really a strained race that commercial banks have to use all of their mental power and material resources to obtain their goal.

VietNamNet Bridge – The two big guys -- Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have slashed their glass bottled products’ prices. Who would be the victims of their move?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport minister Dinh La Thang has asked for stricter control over the operation of coaches and heavy trucks to prevent traffic accidents.

Vietnamese agencies, enterprises and experts all have agreed that Vietnam should continue joining the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), saying that this is necessary in the context of the global deeper electronics industry integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mortality rate of coronavirus infection is likely to jump to 55 percent, said Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Medicine Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Although many provinces and cities have launched their travel stimulus programs and airlines have offered discounted airfares, prices of domestic summer tours in general are still inching up due to high demand, travel firms said.

The complicated administrative procedures, the harassments by the local officials to businesses’ operation and the under-the-table fees have been cited as the biggest barriers leading to the grade falls in the provincial competitiveness index (PCI).