A "lean gene" that helps people keep slim was found closely related to diabetes and heart disease, according to a study pulished in Nature Genetics journal on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Leaders of a Taiwan-backed firm in Hanoi’s Phu Nghia Industrial Park may escape legal action after one of its workers was killed by a security guard during strike action involving the company.

VietNamNet Bridge – While some experts believe that the culprits of the recent attacks to Vietnamese websites were unprofessional hackers, others think that the attacks were really very dangerous.

VietNamNet Bridge – The old  wooden tables, chairs, wardrobes or beds, which several years ago would be considered too old and fit for the garbage can, are now being hunted by wooden furniture traders.

The iconic red and black leather jacket the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson wore in his 1983 "Thriller" video was sold for 1.8 million U.S. dollars at an auction held Sunday in Beverly Hills, almost 10 times the original price

Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, said Monday it had started injecting decontaminated water as a critical means to cool the plant's crippled reactors

At least 30 people have been killed and several others seriously injured by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in a drinking joint in northeast Nigeria's Borno State on Sunday, according to security sources.

Vietnam-UK direct air route to open in December; RoK consortium keen on Vietnam’s solar energy; Foreign firms buy stakes in PetroVietnam; Foreign firms buy stakes in PetroVietnam; Sweden promotes cooperation in waste treatment  

A lost tribe has been spotted in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, according to the media report Monday.

A total of 47 victims killed in last Monday's Tu-134 plane crash in northern Russia have been identified, local media reported on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the big economic difficulties, a lot of Vietnamese people still decide to travel abroad this summer to relax or seek business partners.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government will require state-invested enterprises to reduce the percentage of capital they invest in non-core business activities under a draft regulation compiled by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

VietNamNet Bridge – With a rainfall of nearly 300 mm, thousands of hectares of ripen rice fields in Thanh Hoa province in central Vietnam were flooded. Hundreds of soldiers helped local people to save the rice.

VietNamNet Bridge – The most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will be shot in a film for introduction in the four countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese construction firm Cavico Corp has been warned of being delisted from US NASDAQ stock market.

VNPT completes fibre optic system; Viettel invests in Peru; PeaceSoft, Paypal join hands; Nghe An launches web portal; Siemens launches new software; Infor, TRG offer business solutions; Intel Vietnam looks for domestic suppliers

VietNamNet Bridge – State owned nursery schools will only begin issuing forms for applications for the schools from July 1, 2011. However, seats at the schools have run out since early June.

Certain groups of farmers might as well find it agreeable when large volumes of farm produce are en route to China via the border trade, from rubber and pepper to cassava, from pork to fowls and eggs, and from shrimp and fish to sugar.

Reader Friendly (nhanbk2009@...com) wrote: “We have so many things need to improve but I think if I were foreign travelers, I would have chosen Vietnam because of stability and security”.

The interest rate race has cooled down when big commercial banks have lowered the deposit interest rates by 1-2.5 percent. However, when the worry about the overly high interest rates has been left, a new worry has arisen.

Photo contest on peer educators to kick off in Hanoi; Posters, banners deface Hue; Libraries must do more to lure children; “Hanoi Spring” exhibition opens in Bangkok; Daily life unmasked by Corazon Higgins; Songs for AO victims awarded

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC government has just asked the municipal Police Department to consider a plan to establish the tourist police bureau to protect tourists in the city, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Gold Traders Association has urged the central bank to ease some of the proposed regulations in its draft decree on the operation of the gold jewelry business.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television has begun broadcast of several serials based on the lives of urban school students and their families during summer.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 1/500 scale blueprint for a 157ha golf course located in HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport has been approved by the People's Committee of Tan Binh District.