The United States and its allies are considering a number of options to be taken against the Libyan government, but sending in ground troops is not "top of the list," White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.

At around 1 o’clock in the morning of March 9 (Vietnam time), a Vietnam Airlines aircraft will leave Tunisia’s Djerba airport with the last of the Vietnamese workers evacuated from Libya.

The surveillance video that allegedly showed American actress Lindsay Lohan stealing a 2,500 U.S. dollars necklace in a jewelry store will be posted online, according to a foreign media report Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Football Federation chairman Nguyen Trong Hy supports the use of local coaches for the national and Olympic teams but most Vietnamese candidates say they are not ready for the job.

VietNamNet Bridge – ADSL service now has a new redoubtable rival – FTTH service.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Chief Government Inspector Tran Van Truyen told Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) that his agency would focus on the heads of companies and organisations this year in a bid to reduce corruption.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities and colleges around the country, especially public institutions, have introduced counselling to enable students to choose appropriate courses.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has urged the HCM City-based University of Law to ensure students are exposed to legal practice in addition to theoretical learning.

VietNamNet Bridge – Critics have tipped one of the many historical films nominated to win this year's national Golden Kite awards.

VietNamNet Bridge – A comic book adaption in Japanese of some of Viet Nam's most famous literature is expected to hit Japan's bookshelves late this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – The dollar price has been decreasing in recent days, which has prompted people to rush to sell dollars to stop losses.  

VietNamNet Bridge – A rock band from Ho Chi Minh City, Containers, has won the ticket to represent Viet Nam at the regional finals of Global Ambassadors of Rock Battle of the Bands.

The global economic recovery is gaining momentum, but is confronted with challenges including a two-speed recovery pace among emerging markets and advanced economies as well as underlying structural changes,

China's first center providing heavy-ion therapy for cancer patients is expected to treat 2,000 patients every year after the first phase of its construction is completed in 2013,

Egypt's new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, was sworn in on Monday before Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.   

VietNamNet Bridge – Inflation was paramount on voters' minds when they met Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong in Ba Dinh and Cau Giay districts in Ha Noi yesterday, March 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese band Semiscon will perform a concert at Ben Thanh Theatre in HCM City tonight, March 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – The electricity price increase is not the biggest worry for manufacturers any more. Regular electricity cuts is what worries them most.

Economist Pham Chi Lan has called for the reconsideration of the price stabilization program, because she believes that the program only benefits enterprises, not consumers, especially the poor.

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The trial against French former President Jacques Chirac opened on Monday afternoon, accusing him of having created "fake jobs" for friends and allies in his Rally For the Republic (RPR) party in 1990s.

U.S. researchers have successfully used certain microbes to produce biofuels, opening a door to developing cheaper "green" energy.

Heavy rain a boon for crops; Former soccer star stabbed by girlfriend; Fog disrupts flights from Cat Bi Airport; Health ministry checks on drug prices nationwide; Man miraculously recovers from VN’s rare surgery      

VietNamNet Bridge – Though earlier this year the government conveyed a message that it will tighten monetary policies to curb inflation, commercial banks were still shocked when they were told to implement tightened policies.