VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) officially launched the “Earth Hour” campaign in Hanoi on February 28.

The Greek parliament passed late Tuesday a fresh package of spending cuts to secure the release of a second bailout package to avoid a bankruptcy in March, the deputy speaker Grigoris Niotis announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are some 20 children suspected of hand-foot-mouth disease infection in Gia Phu Village, Bao Thang District, Lao Cai Province.

Russians living in Vietnam will vote in the Russian presidential election in the three Vietnamese cities of Phan Thiet, Vung Tau and Nha Trang in early March, under an agreement between Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry and the Russian Embassy

Armed drug trafficking ring busted; Hanoi to host FAO conference; Train hits elderly couple at rail station; Man jailed for raping, murdering 62-year-old woman

Over the last two weeks, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has been “on the run all day,” because he is invited to a lot of ceremonies held by big state owned economic groups and general corporations, to announce their thrift plans.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was in good physical condition after a successful surgery in Cuba.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's under-19 football team beat Cambodia 2-1 in the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament in Brunei on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc will represent Viet Nam in the 20km Asian Race Walking Championships on March 11 in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and China frankly discussed bilateral relations and issues relating to their territorial borders during two-day talks between Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Zhijun

VietNamNet Bridge – The third meeting of the Vietnam-Vatican Joint Working Group took place in Hanoi on February 27-28.

Experts have anticipated that a lot of websites selling goods under the model of groupon shopping would have to shut down in 2012, after they made a lot of mistakes in doing business.

More and more non-state owned high schools complain that they cannot enroll enough students, which has put them on the verge of bankruptcy.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on February 28 by the National Assembly Office and the Konrad Adenauer Stifung political foundation from Germany to discuss issues of State power and constitutional experiences of other countries.

Team building tourism has become more favored in Vietnam, since businesses want to bolster their staff’s confidence, encourage old officers and help new comers integrated quickly into the new environment.

It’s now the most difficult time for the fourth-group banks, the ones that are considered as the worst banks and not allowed to obtain credit growth in 2012.

The Cu Chi Wildlife Center is now saving 1500 individuals of wildlife, including the rare species which are on the verge of extinction.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition by the Plonk and Replonk group will begin tomorrow, Feb 1, in Ha Noi to call attention to the need for protecting timeless UNESCO heritage sites.

VietNamNet Bridge – On February 28, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs organized a conference to review tasks assigned for 2011 and discuss the implementation of the tasks set for this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – After two senior officials of Tien Lang district were dismissed, two officials of Vinh Quang commune have been punished for their mistakes in the land withdrawal case.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Chile should consider opening direct air routes to facilitate their trade, State President Truong Tan Sang told visiting Senate President Guido Girardin Lavín in Hanoi on February 28.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign donors, including Australia, the European Union, Germany, Japan and the UK, have pledged 89 million USD for the Khmer Rouge tribunal in 2012-2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – While fishing in the northwestern sea of Song Tu Tay Island in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, fishermen from the central province of Quang Ngai rescued a foreigner.

Riot police evicted anti-capitalist protesters and removed their tents from the courtyard of St Paul's Cathedral in London on Tuesday.

A second student had died from Monday's shooting rampage at Chardon High School in Ohio, local media reported Tuesday.