The China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment on Wednesday clarified that dextrin, an additive used in infant formula and other foods, within required limits will not cause malnutrition or other health problems.

Vietnam hopes the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations will continue to assist and support the country in agriculture projects, prioritising food security, poverty reduction, climate change and environment protection.

Iran's Majlis (parliament) began questioning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday over a number of irregularities in the political and economic spheres.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Army is always the key force to defend the country’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity on land, sea and in the air, affirmed President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on Mar. 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, with its achievements in human rights, wants to make more contributions to international efforts in this area.

Urban parents tend to force their children to learn many foreign languages at the same time, because they believe that the more languages the children are proficient, the more job opportunities they would have in their lives.

It is clear now that S-Fone has decided to switch to 3G technology in an effort to rescue its poor business performance. However, it is still unclear who will be behind the reform which is believed to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The itching canal and breathless canal seem to be found only in Vietnam. The canals in HCM City are being poisoned by about 40 tons of garbage of all kinds and 70,000 m3 of industrial untreated waste water everyday.

Death toll from early Tuesday's ferry collision in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district has risen to 112 as authorities concnerend announded an end to the large-scale rescue operation on Wednesday although some remained missing.

Around 800 students from a junior secondary school in Hanoi learned how to till the land, sow seeds, plant trees, water and harvest vegetable on a vegetable field in Hanoi’s suburban district of Gia Lam on the morning of March 13.

Petrol supplies must be assured in both reserve and type regardless of circumstance or great difficulty, according to the Government's direction.

VietNamNet Bridge – Actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky, Vietnam’s Tourism Ambassador, sits on a 10-year-old elephant to discover the natural beauty of the Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc returned home on March 12 after striking a bronze medal at the Asian Walking Championships 2012, and won a ticket to the Olympic London.

Prolonged periods of time in space may cause brain and optical abnormalities similar to those that can occur in intracranial hypertension of unknown cause, a potentially serious condition in which pressure builds within the skull,

Under the current Vietnamese laws, the companies like Google and Facebook have to pay tax for the income gained from the business activities in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – While Hanoi is cold, with the temperature being between 13-18 degrees Celsius, it is very hot in HCM City, where the highest temperature reached 39 degrees Celsius.

VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called “congratulation-project” phenomenon has returned.

Russia expects to remain one of the three leading space powers in the world by 2030, according to a new draft program submitted by the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos Tuesday.

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 18:09 p.m. ( 0908 GMT) on Wednesday, the Japan Meterological Agency said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three noted fashion designers – Thuan Viet, Truong Thanh Hai and Hoang Hai – introduced their new designs at a fashion show on March 13 in HCM City.

Vietnam's biggest cities rank bottom on competitiveness; Habubank dispels acquisition rumor; Coke, Pepsi claim no cancer-causing substances in Vietnam products; Businesses blame banks, tax agencies for problems

Seventeen members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturing Association (VAMA) last month sold a total of nearly 6,120 vehicles, down 25 percent over the same period last year, but up a significant 43 percent since January, the association reported.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has won the central bank’s approval to allow tourism firms to net the highest deposit rates based on negotiations with local banks instead of non-term rates like now.

The European Union (EU) must eye a stronger role in the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday here after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti.

Quyen Thien Dac to play with Trio PO Nilsson; Vietnamese ethnic festival to be held in Hanoi; US reality singing contest to hit Vietnam; L’Espace shows Oscar-nominated Incendies; Famous cartoonists display works