About 1,000 supporters of the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or "Yellow-shirt " on Wednesday morning rallied and demanded the United Nations withdraw the World Heritage status of the Preah Vihear temple.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday unveiled nine graphic cigarette warning labels that highlight the dangers of smoking, in an effort to help prevent children from smoking, encourage adults who do to quit.

The budget outlook in the United States is "daunting" and the federal debt will reach about 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the highest level since World War II,

NATO warplanes conducted bombing raids Tuesday on Khoms and Nalut near the Libyan capital Tripoli, Libyan state TV reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pictures of new soldiers in Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) by a female journalist wins the second prize (no first prize) for photo reportage category at the National Press Award 2011.

Vietnam's naval forces have successfully fostered mainland plants, animals and a future generation on the uninhabitable Spratly Islands under conditions of pelting rain, chilling winds and scorching sun, with sheer will power and zeal.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of educators and analysts have called on the Ministry of Education and Training to remove the national high school final exam, which they believe is unnecessary and too costly.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Recent happenings show a turning-point in awareness over the East Sea disputes, both domestically and internationally.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Duc Minh, the first Vietnamese artist to win the International Jew’s Harp Competition in Amsterdam in 2006, will perform in Paris from June 27 to July 23.

VietNamNet Bridge - International experts on animal conservation have given a warning that elephants in Vietnam would be extinct within 10 years. The warning came after a series of cases of elephants being killed or died of unknown causes.

The United State is facing tougher challenge as the world largest economy grows at slow pace and the unemployment hovers at high level, according to John Bryson, nominator to be Secretary of the Department of Commerce.

French Open champion Li Na of China defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia 6-3, 6-3 to reach the women 's singles second round at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge –Classical and modern jazz pianist, Francesco Tristano from Luxembourg, will perform in Ha Noi tomorrow night to celebrate the birthday of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the country's National Day on June 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – To prepare for the game against Macau in the first qualifier round of the World Cup 2014, in HCM City’s Thong Nhat Stadium on June 29; the Vietnamese national team is practicing under the instruction of new coach Falko Goetz.

VietNamNet Bridge –Many workers in industrial zones and export processing zones have been forced to work overtime to confront soaring prices on everyday necessities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two new television programmes designed to expand children's knowledge of the world have become popular among their target audience.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors will also have the right to buy gold bullion, the State Bank of Vietnam has said following a change of mind, but it will have to only from banks and licensed firms.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training has ordered illegal tuition centres offering training for university entrance examinations to stop enrolling students and return their tuition money.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) organized a conference on maritime security in the East Sea in Washington, USA, on June 20-21, in the context of escalating tension in this area.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of representative offices of foreign travel firms in HCMC has fallen to seven from 11 last year as restrictions imposed on representative offices have discouraged them to maintain operations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most listed Vietnamese firms would love to boast of a foreign component to their ownership structure, seeing it as a boost to their prestige.

Governance is the number one weakness of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and needs to be addressed to improve the effectiveness of the 187-member organization,

Greece's new government won the confidence vote of the parliament early Wednesday morning in a crucial test on the course to tackle the country's debt crisis which has brought it to the brink of default, alarming Europe and the world.

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