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.

Slovakia may receive 14.2 billion euros (19.1 billion U.S. dollars) from the EU funds in the third programming period 2014-20, Minister of Transportation, Construction and Regional Development Jan Figel said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – By September 2011, the number of Vietnamese ships that were seized at international ports rose to 83. Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang assigned Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong to investigate and suggest solutions.

Business leaders less positive in 2012; Seafood test procedures need rethink; Seafood exporters fettered by capital shortage; Property market waits on lower interest rates; VN to limit salt imports to 102,000t; Exporters find buyers online

VietNamNet Bridge – The goal scored by Navibank Saigon FC’s Luong Van Duoc Em received 5 percent of votes in the poll on 101greatgoals.com, to rank sixth of the top ten goals in the week from February 20 to 26.

Over 680,000 international tourists visited Viet Nam in February, up 8.2 per cent over January and 29.4 per cent over the same month last year, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VietNamNet Bridge – The women’s sepak takraw team of Vietnam has had an additional 175 points after finishing third at the Super Series Palembang tournament, defending its second position in the world rankings.

Catherine Ashton, the foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU), said on Tuesday member states have decided to recall their Ambassadors to Minsk.

Banks fear having no borrowers, despite cut rates; Agro-forestry, fisheries exports hit US$3.6 bil; US$1 bln in FDI disbursed in two months; Function transfer for realty projects approved, concerns raised

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of attention to mentally-ill criminals has created growing concerns regarding the safety of those who come in contact with them, experts have said.