Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday criticized the NATO-led forces over alleged killing of civilians and strongly called for a ban of aerial raids on Afghan houses.

Chinese travel firms eye Da Nang as destination; Imports from Cambodia score zero tax rate; Viettel opens modern regional data centre; Rice prices fall in Mekong Delta; Vietnam bonds decline as inflation accelerates to 29-month high   

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warned on Monday that children should keep away from energy drinks which may be dangerous for minors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Functional food is getting familiar in Vietnam and they are over-advertised as “panacea”.

Goldsmith companies have complained that their business has been going down due to the government’s policy on tightening the gold market. Meanwhile, the information about “dirty gold” (wolfram-made gold) has dealt another blow to them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Using wheat flour and salt, Vietnamese bakers made “My village” with bamboo, coconut trees and houses on stilts as their submission at the Louis Lesaffre Cup’s Asian selection round in Guangzhou, China.

A series of huge explosions and heavy gunshots between government forces and armed tribes loyal to opposition leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar erupted on Tuesday, breaking down a cease-fire deal earlier in the week between both sides,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has proposed to import 100,000 tons of pork, while the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) believes that there’s no need to import meat.

Food poisoning killed eight this year; KOICA helps build facilities for colleges; Market ready for children’s day; One more child dies of hand-foot-mouth disease; Diverse activities mark Int’l Children’s Day  

VietNamNet Bridge – The Binh Minh 02 ship’s case is somehow similar to the CGX case which happened in 2000 in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Guyana and Suriname. But is it similar?

Eurocham, in its letters to the Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry and Trade wrote that application of new restrictions on the import of 100 consumer goods is the violation of the regulations in international trade but Vietnam denied this.

VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnamese healthcare officials have denied the information about “cancer villages” as reported on local newspapers recently, a Vietnamese scientist now working in Australia has opposite opinions.

The People’s Court of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre Monday opened the first instance trial of seven people accused of “working to overthrow the people’s administration” under Clause 2, Article 79 of Vietnam’s Penal Code.

A team of IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission inspectors arrived here Monday to assess the Portuguese economy, the first evaluation of its kind since the country agreed to receive international bailout loans.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several accidents caused by these “nooses” have been reported, but Hanoians neglect dangers from the these buns of electric and telecom cables.

The school upgrading has been taking place everywhere in Vietnam: intermediate schools (2-year training) have been upgraded into junior colleges (3-year training), while junior colleges have been upgraded into universities (4 or 5-year training).

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to annually reduce the national poverty rate by 2 per cent whilst raising income per capita 3.5 times during 2011-20.

European anti-trust regulators Monday launched in-depth probes into takeover bids for two Asian companies by two American peers in the computer hard disk drive sector, media reports said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is a fact that many Chinese ships have penetrated deep into Vietnam’s sea to make threats against and rob Vietnamese fishermen these days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Lee Huyn and his Korean boy-band 2AM are set to perform in front of hundreds of Hanoian fans next month, according to the V-Communications Joint Stock Company who are organising the event.

Samsung Electronics has asked a U.S. court to force Apple Inc to disclose iPhone and iPad models under development in the latest round of an ongoing patent and trademark lawsuit, media reports said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four people died and 41 were injured yesterday after a 50-seat bus overturned and fell down the side of a road in Thuan Nam District in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan.

Rusted and broken-down Russian machine guns were stacked in the corner of a rebel training camp in Libyan opposition bastion Benghazi. Most of them were twice or even triple as old as the young men who are repairing them.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Thang Long Boulevard, the most modern boulevard in the country, floods whenever it rains despite having been open to the public for nearly one year.

Australian equestrian Bill Roycroft, a five-time Olympic champion, has died on Sunday aged 96 in Victoria's south-west, ABC Sports reported on Monday.