Baha'i Community told to support national unity; Railway crash site warnings beefed up; Sika Viet Nam to fund surgeries for children; Landfill site to be upgraded

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for the implementation of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions and an immediate cease-fire in Libya, the ministry said Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are too many small banks operatiing in Vietnam and it is necessary to dissolve 30 percent of the banks, experts say.

A photo exhibition entitled, “Look”, opened on April 20, in Hanoi, introducing over 20 black-and-white photos by photographer Dang Xuan Truong, featuring Hmong ethnic minority children in northern Vietnam.

Egypt's Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud ordered on Sunday to transfer former President Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital before Tora prison hospital is ready to receive him.

So far, 4,285 Cambodian families of 17,200 people have been evacuated in the three days of armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops over the disputed border area, a senior government official said Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - As expected, given the difficult economic conditions, most of the listed firms’ business results in the first quarter were disappointing.

The gunfire exchange between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border disputed area at the Ta Mon Thom and Ta Krabey temples in Oddar Meanchey province began again on Sunday morning,

VietNamNet Bridge - A 38 year old male elephant, named Beckham, was killed in the Tuyen Lam Lake Tourism Area in the resort city of Da Lat on April 24.

NATO warplanes bombed several military and civilian targets in Tripoli, resulting in casualties Saturday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese movie “Canh Dong Bat Tan” (Floating Lives) was introduced at eight well known universities in the US, at the invitation of the Institute of Vietnam Culture and Education, a New York-based non-profit organization.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Japan’s satellite project No. 2, named RISESAT, Vietnam’s FPT Technology Research Institute will manufacture electronic devices to control observing cameras with resolution of 5m/pixels.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City plans to give investment priority to nine major service groups, four industrial groups and the agricultural sector during the 2011-15 period.

FC Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0 in the Camp Nou stadium on Saturday night to maintain their eight-point lead over Real madrid at the top of the BBVA Primera Liga table.

 The information that Agribank Financial Leasing Company No.2, a subsidiary of the state-owned Agribank, had a loss of VND3 trillion in 2009, has startled many. However, AFLC2 is not the only state-owned enterprises found in making big losses.

Organizations and businesses operating in information and communications technology (ICT) who won the Vietnam Information and Communications Technology Award (VICTA) were honored at a ceremony in Hanoi on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City plans to give investment priority to nine major service groups, four industrial groups and the agricultural sector during the 2011-15 period.

Two straight days of armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops over the disputed border areas have forced 1,420 Cambodian families to flee their home for safe shelter, said a senior government official on Saturday.

Foreign banks asked to limit 2011 credit growth; Once-promising IT industry languishes; Dung Quat to refine 10 million tonnes of petroleum per year; Retailer trademarks seen popular, says expert

Green lifestyle was quite the buzz among New Yorkers on Friday as they advocated healthy and sustainable ways of living to mark the 42nd annual Earth Day.

Landlords not hiking rent for poor get tax break; VN, French doctors talk nuclear medicine; Nine arrested for knifing police; 16 ethnic workers in coma after fish poisoning; Japan to cover airfares for returning foreign students

Vietnam wants Thailand and Cambodia to exercise maximum restraint to avoid armed clashes and continue resolving disputes through peaceful negotiations, a Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

German engineering giant Siemens has announced to donate software worth US$71 million next month to the Higher Education Engineering Alliance Program to help Vietnamese universities develop the next generation of engineers.

The application of e-commerce can help local businesses enhance their competitiveness and boost the country's industrialisation and modernisation, said a ministry official at a seminar held in HCM City yesterday.

Vietnam’s top track-and-field official and a consultant sent by the German Athletics Federation are not seeing eye to eye about athletes’ training and competition regimes ahead of next year’s London Olympics.