The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday welcomed the latest efforts taken by the Spanish authorities to strengthen the country's banking sector.

The 2011-2012 academic year is nearly ending, but second graders still have to learn hard to prepare for the exams to obtain Cambridge English certificate “Starters” level.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's municipal Department of Health has initiated a project to reduce overcrowding in hospitals over the next eight years, with a total investment of more than VND25.7 trillion (US$1.2 billion).

VietNamNet Bridge – A Hai Phong team reduced to nine players was defeated 0-3 by Dong Thap in the V-league's 17th round yesterday, May 13, in Cao Lanh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents cannot count exactly how many people have died of cancer, but they have assured that the death toll is hundreds of people in the last 10 years.

Under the draft decree on Internet and information content service management, foreign institutions which provide public information services across the border have to set up representative offices in Vietnam.

India's flagship carrier Air India Sunday cancelled at least 20 international flights originating from the national capital and Mumbai with the pilots' strike entering its sixth day, a spokesperson said.

The U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday amid positive data on consumer sentiment and concerns over banks as JP Morgan posted huge losses.

A research team at Japan's Tohoku University has developed a wirelessly controlled mechanical heart pump, coming closer to developing the world's first fully embedded artificial heart, Japanese media reported Saturday.

In the first four months of 2012, only four State-owned enterprises (SOEs) were equitized, said a report of the Steering Committee for Enterprise Reform and Development.

VietNamNet Bridge – To resolve the scarcity of energy, France and developing countries such as Vietnam need to diversify and develop all sources of energy, including nuclear, renewable and fossil energies.

VietNamNet Bridge – No once could imagine that a reputable lawyer would become a babysitter one day, and a forwarder would become a taxi motorbike driver overnight.

At least 37 decapitated and dismembered bodies were found Sunday morning on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, local authorities said.

Viet Nam plans to spark growth in science and technology by spending more on research and development and offering incentives to all economic sectors, including private bodies, to join the work, said Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan.

Representatives from dozens of Russian travel agencies will arrive in Vietnam later this month to study local tourism services in Nha Trang, Phan Thiet, Danang and Hoi An.

It’s the under table money which makes the highways in Vietnam the most expensive ways in the world.

The thousand-year-old temple of King Le (King Le Dai Hanh) is situated in the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh Province, around 200 kilometers away from Hanoi.

Vietnam’s telecoms market is at the crossroads.

Binh Duong takes lead in attracting FDI; Tuna exports to Japan soar to US$26.4 mln; iPad 2012 on sales in Vietnam; Sanofi Group to build third factory in Vietnam; Coffee farmers urged to replace aging trees

Vietnam should use personal identification cards, which are granted to foreign visitors to ensure personal and national security, that's the suggestion of two American experts.

In Tay Ninh Province, the Ba Den custard apple is a specialty, accounting for over 40% of the custard apple market share in the whole country.

The Government should spend US$3 billion or so to help enterprises restructure their debts if the national economy is to be put back on the development track, said a local economist.

HCMC will develop a hi-tech production chain of breeds, and animal feeds and then transfer the modern and safe farming model to neighboring provinces in order to ensure a supply source of livestock products at stable prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses have to borrow money on the black market at exorbitant high interest rates to pay their due debts. However, debts generate bigger debts, and businesses have been caught in a vicious circle.

VietNamNet Bridge – Attendance at many entertainment venues in HCM city has fallen because of competition from the numerous  on national television networks as well as the economic turndown.