Apple Inc. on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its iPad, in a move to stay ahead in the increasingly crowded tablet computer arena.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students registering to take the entrance exams to education universities has been decreasing in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center is predicting a cold spell to hit the northern region, resulting in showers and widespread cold weather conditions on March 4.   

VietNamNet Bridge - Representatives from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam gathered in Hanoi Friday to discuss a draft cooperation agreement on management and operation of their joint website.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly ten percent of people at the age of 15-24, who are married, said they had sexual relations before marriage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 2,700 Vietnamese workers in Libya have arrived home safely and 5,300 others have been evacuated to other countries, said the Department for Management of Overseas Labor on the afternoon of March 3.

Conference urges looser limits on share transfers; Irish businesses seek opportunities in VN; Praise for chamber of commerce, US investors; Range of hazards hurt firms; VND109 trillion for north central irrigation  

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on March 3 warned investors in dam construction projects in the Mekong River to learn the lesson from the dam on Mun River in Thailand, a failure in terms of economic, environmental and social impacts.

VietNamNet Bridge - The central bank instructed commercial banks to strictly restrict loans on non-productive sectors including property and stock market this year. 

Commercial banks have been told to restrict lending to non-production sectors in 2011, and experts have every reason to believe that the real estate market will meet bigger difficulties in 2011 than in 2010.

Those who take a nap are more likely to have lower levels of blood pressure despite stress, said a new study in the latest issue of International Journal of Behavioral Medicine available on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien won Thursday the championship title in boy’s doubles event at the 4th ITF Malacca International Junior Championship in Malaysia.

Scientists found consuming too many sugary drinks may raise the risk of high blood pressure, according to a study published in "Hypertension" on Monday.

First ever heart transplant successfully conducted in Hue; Hanoi hosts science meeting with Asian theme; First HIV hospital opens in Ha Noi; Eleven more cases of swine flu found

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has protested a recent anti-piracy exercise carried out by China’s eighth naval escort flotilla at the Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands).

Over 6000 Vietnamese in Libya have been evacuated to the third countries, 2800 of them have arrived home. At this moment, there are no reports about injuries of Vietnamese workers in Libya.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said that it is seeking substitutes for Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto and the federation will give priority to foreign candidates.

A wide range of activities will take place as from April 7 (the fifth day of the third lunar month) in the northern province of Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival in 2011.  

Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh and senior pop star Thanh Lam were nominated for the Dedication Award 2010, in addition to three male singers Tung Duong, Duc Tuan and Ha Anh Tuan.

The government will make amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax to make it appropriate to the current situation in which the prices of all essential goods have increased.

Many small businesses and individuals are unable to access bank loans at the moment, especially when the lending interest rates are sky high and the requirements set by banks on borrowers are very strict.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses are continuing to pollute the environment because fines are too low, Viet Nam Productivity Centre has said.

VietNamNet Newspaper Editor-in-chief Nguyen Anh Tuan was appointed Vice Chair of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDTA) which was set up in Hanoi on March 2.

After 12 universities now located in the inner city of Hanoi relocate to the suburbs what will the land be used for?

Management agencies have continuously discovered the cases of industrial zones discharging untreated industrial waste into the environment.