VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN senior defence officials are meeting in Phnom Penh to draft a declaration on increasing defence cooperation towards the realisation of the ASEAN Political Security Community by 2015.

Greece avoided the nightmare scenario of a possible default as early as next month and was granted a second chance to tackle the debt crisis with the strong support of European counterparts,

The “Strategic Environmental Assessment of proposed hydropower projects on the Mekong River’s mainstream” made by an expert team, including a Vietnamese consultant, has been selected for the international award “2012 Cooperative Initiative”.

Plastic surgeries do make you look much younger, according to a new study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national swimming and diving championships, the opening water sports tournament of the year, will take place in March in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Social network attracts 12 million members; PM asks for strong fight against bird flu; Japan wants to receive 10,000 Vietnamese workers a year; Nghe An struggles with unxploded ordnance clearance

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will take part in the England Open Badminton Championships from March 6-11.

Mong Mi comes to life through her art; Painting exhibition on Tran Dang Khoa poems held in France; Modest photo wins coffee prize; Hue Festival tickets on sale; Hanoi to present French piano-drum duo; Writer Masatsugu Ono comes to town  

The projects on developing casino and amusement complexes all are worth billions of dollars and cover hundreds of hectares of land. Meanwhile, the casinos which have been operating on the trial basis do not show the necessity of casinos in Vietnam.

There remains a four-hectare mangrove forest which is home to thousands of various birds in Vinh Xuan Hamlet, Nha Trang City. The owner of the salinity-intruded forest is Nguyen Van Hung, 49, a poor farmer.

The delta that produces 85 per cent of Vietnam's rice exports is under threatened by reduced flows of the Mekong River, a leading water expert for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Having just married, the only female volleyball player in Vietnam, Ira – Le Kim Nhung, has returned to his team – Vietsovpetro – to prepare for the new season.

Le Hung Dung, chairman of the Vietnam Export Import Bank (Eximbank), has sent a document to the chiefs of Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) to call for a reelection of the latter’s boards of directors and inspectors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Fine Arts Museum are presenting a debut exhibition by artist Mong My and a duo exhibition by artists Nguyen Than and Kyem.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first Vietnam-Australia National Defence and Diplomacy Strategic Dialogue was held in Canberra, Australia, on February 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal People's Committee has decided to impose VND30 million (US$1,420) fines on 11 fuel dealers who were caught selling substandard gasoline.

VietNamNet Bridge – There were more occupational accidents but fewer related deaths in 2011, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Lithuania to promote investment in Vietnam; Foreign Minister receives ILO director in Vietnam; President meets newly accredited ambassadors; French military leader visits in friendship, information exchange

VietNamNet Bridge – Any amendments to the 1992 Constitution must meet the country's current development needs, forecast global and regional trends, and comply with the resolution passed by the 11th National Congress of the Party.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) will today kick off the selection rounds for the Sao Khue Awards, an annual prize giving ceremony aimed at the IT and software sectors.

After two days of suffering from loss of appetite, headache and high fever of 39.5 degree Celsius, Nguyen Thi Oanh was taken to Binh Thanh District Hospital in HCM City and diagnosed with dengue fever in the third stage.

Sonadezi Long Thanh in Dong Nai province was caught red-handed in discharging untreated waste water in early August 2011. However, to date, it still has not compensated farmers’ loss.

Chinese merchants have been flocking to fishing ports in Khanh Hoa province to collect seafood materials. Meanwhile, the local authorities still do not know what they should do to settle the problem.

VietNamNet Bridge – The “drop-out” season has begun in many areas. Students don’t return to school after Tet, while teachers spend time walking long distances to meet students to persuade them to go back to school.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam always gives priority to consolidating neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and multifaceted cooperation with Cambodia.