A consultation workshop regarding HIV/AIDS organised by the Centre for Community Health and Development and the Irish Aid programme of the Government of Ireland was held yesterday morning in the capital.

VietNamNet Bridge – The European Vovinam Championships will take place from March 2-4 in Italy with the participation of 258 athletes from 11 countries, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France.

49 Son La households to move to safe areas; Ten Vietnam records recognized by Asian Council; UNHCR assists ethnic people in Dak Lak; Kien Giang denies globefish caused deaths; Japanese firms offer transport scholarships

Vietnam has attracted multi-billion dollar projects into the hi-tech industries by offering big investment incentives.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre will apply new entrance ticket prices for local and foreign visitors to the city's historical sites from this month.

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday allotted over half a trillion euros to 800 banks in its second three-year longer term refinancing operation (LTRO).

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have gathered at the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi for a three-day international colloquium intended to develop an overview of Vietnamese culture from the Stone Age to the present.

VietNamNet Bridge – Shop owners in Ha Noi show little interest in buying fire insurance, leaving the capital's crowded markets at risk.

As tens of thousands of Ugandans continue to get infected with the deadly Tuberculosis (TB) disease, a top expert here is warning that the country is being gripped by a lethal mutated strain of the disease.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former national team member Tran Cong Minh has been reappointed as head coach of V-League 1 side Dong Tam Long An (DTLA).

Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin urged the opposition Wednesday to refrain from using "dirty devices" during the upcoming election.

Vietnam attends SOMRI 11 in Malaysia; Party chief hails Vietnam-Chile relations; Vietnamese, Lao Red Cross Societies cooperation highlighted; Danish Parliament Speaker to visit Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is willing to cooperate and speed up negotiations for signing the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union to help further develop bilateral relations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong sub-region countries have agreed to remain vigilant to prevent and mitigate land and forest fires, even as wetter weather conditions approach.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on Feb. 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – Criticism and self-criticism among ranking officials and Party members are of paramount importance for Party building work, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese content service providers have expressed their resentment against the current laws with which they cannot play in a leveling playing field with foreigners.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second session of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee was convened from Feb. 24-27 in the capital city of Hanoi.

Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. on Tuesday announced that they have agreed to expand their joint venture relationship in flash memory chips.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time officially linked statin use with cognitive problems, media reported Wednesday.

In the middle of the Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai province is located a small island, where there are foreign fairies taking care and protecting monkeys, gibbons and langurs from the man’s dark intentions.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has released a decision to relocate universities and junior colleges to the suburbs. However, schools still have got trillions of dong from the State budget to construct more buildings at the campuses in the inner city.

The maritime transport market in 2012 would be still full of difficulties for domestic shipping firms due to the global economic uncertainties and the tonnage oversupply.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi rejected on Wednesday the claims that Iran carries out nuclear activities at the country's Parchin military site.