The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday highlighted Brazil's efforts to stop tuberculosis (TB) in its territory.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four painters with four styles share a joint exhibition called “Individual”, which has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

Over 7,000 factories that are operating countrywide without legal environmental approval will be raided by the Sri Lankan Central Environmental Authority, officials said here on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to Restaurant News (USA), Vietnamese bánh mì (bread) has become a favorite food in the US.

Consolidating and developing relations with Vietnam is one of the top priorities in India’s Look East policy, which aims to maintain peace, stability, and development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his ongoing official visit to China on October 12, at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President Hu Jintao.

The overly high interest rates in the domestic capital market, caused by the tightened monetary policies, have prompted businesses to seek capital from foreign sources.

At least 180,000 hectares of rice paddies in Cambodia have been destroyed by the Mekong River floods since early August, Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated President Barack Obama's jobs plan in a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats objected stimulus spending and a tax surcharge on the rich.

Russia and Belarus signed a contract Tuesday on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and representatives of football clubs on October 10, agreed to quickly establish the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) to run the V-League 2012.

Vietnam’s rice to benefit from Thai price hike; Experts pan failed border economic zones; Taiwanese investors consider switch to Vietnam; Rubber exports likely to exceed US$3.6 billion; Vietnam to re-import US beef

The National Assembly's passage of the Commercial Law in 2005 was a significant event in promoting commerce and a healthy business climate.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao have agreed to apply effective and practical measures to comprehensively expand bilateral friendship and cooperation in all fields.

Vietnam and Germany have agreed to establish a strategic partnership and further strengthen cooperation in the time to come, particularly in key domains noted in a joint statement issued in Hanoi Tuesday.

Michael Jackson was likely to have died from homicide, said a doctor who worked on his autopsy on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fashion designer Vo Viet Chung said he will join the famous fashion show entitled “J Autumn Fashion Show” in London from October 12-19.

Experts have expressed the doubts about the feasibility of the government’s plan to curb the exchange rate fluctuation at below one percent by the end of the year.

Reviewing the project to plant 5 million hectares of forest (1998-2010), the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment--pointed out eight shortcomings, including leasing forest land to foreign investors at dirty prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some streets in the Hanoi’s old quarter and the road around Hoan Kiem Lake will become streets for pedestrians from Friday to Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of Xuan Thuy National Park and scientists from Ha Noi-based national university's centre for natural resources and environment studies (Cres) have been struggling with a pilot project

The gold prices have been decreasing, but the gold deposit interest rates have been increasing, which has made it more attractive to keep gold.

Spain gives grants for projects; Judge caught in hotel with driver’s wife; PM inspects flood control in Mekong Delta; Inflated air bags caused deadly crash: driver

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities are weeping because they still cannot enroll enough students, even when they accept the students who got low marks from the university entrance exams.

Right after iPhone 4S hit the market in the US, smart phone traders in Hanoi and HCM City have begun taking orders for the products. Meanwhile, VinaPhone and Viettel, the two official iPhone distributors, still keep quiet.