President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday celebrated; Food safety regulations still violated; Viet Nam Airlines opens Ha Noi-Kuala Lumpur route; Woman arrested for throwing son, nephew into well; Young doctors to be honoured    

A new survey suggests that celebrities who bombard fans with Twitter updates are likely to have shorter careers in the spotlight, media reports said Monday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Russia would not support a UN Security Council resolution on Syria.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his deputy, the prime minister and several other senior government officials.

VietNamNet Bridge - The progress in negotiations over a free trade agreement between has Vietnam and EU almost ground to a halt since senior officials of both sides early last year agreed to start the talks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Big brands have dominated the “Best of The Year” 2010 ranking which has been released by the Vietnam Economic Forum (VEF).

Vietnam possesses a biological resource with high level of diversification, but it is prone to degradation. Rhinos, and then elephants may become extinct if they cannot be well protected.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) convened its 11th Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF) in Hanoi on Tuesday with the participation of more than 120 delegates from APT members and non-members.

VietNamNet Bridge - Summer services for children and students have mushroomed, offering different choices for parents. However, the service fees are very high and they seem not to be designed for the children from poor families.

Theaters in city to stage children dramas; Int’l documentary festival in Hanoi, HCM City; Hanoi to perform world-renowned Carmen opera; Exhibition on photos shot by famed German camera  

The information about the exorbitant taxi ride, the shipwreck cases and the trouble at the Noi Bai International Airport which occurred recently; all have aroused the indignation from people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the national golf course development plan to 2020, HCM City has granted investment licenses to five golf course projects, but four of them have not been implemented.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou dismissed once again Tuesday scenarios of a Greek debt restructuring.

Libya's oil minister has defected from Muammar Gaddafi's administration and fled to Tunisia, Al- Jazeera TV reported Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has inaugurated its embassy in Sri Lanka’s Colombo capital.

China exports big volumes of products to Vietnam every year, but it is also a vast consumption market. Vietnamese enterprises have been urged to find out the ways to boost exports to China.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fifth biennial Nha Trang Sea Festival, themed Nha Trang – Coastal Destination this year, will be held next month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam has set top priority for projects that are environmentally friendly, have low fuel consumption, and use a low proportion of cheap labour, according to Dang Huy Dong, deputy minister of Planning and Investment.

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka insisted on Tuesday that he has not intention of leaving the club after just two seasons in the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has unexpectedly released a new decision, requesting car importers to show additional documents for customs procedures. Meanwhile, the documents are believed to be unattainable for many car dealers.

The European Union (EU) has replaced Japan as China's No.1 import source region based on trade figures in the first four months, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese embassy in Japan yesterday released an official response concerning two Vietnamese students said to have disappeared in the tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.

The General Motors Co. (GM) on Tuesday announced its plan to build an electric motor plant near Baltimore, Maryland, the first such plant dedicated to making key components for vehicle electrification in the United States.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of women diagnosed with cervical cancer is on the rise in Viet Nam, it was revealed at a meeting in Ha Noi on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Trung (not his real name), a gay man who lives in Ha Noi, was very upset by the way doctors discriminated against him when he was undergoing an anal health test in one of the city's many health clinics.