VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam had their second win in the FIFA Women's Olympic Football Tournament's Asian Zone qualifiers yesterday, March 21, beating rival Myanmar 2-0 in Chinese Taipei.

A Pakistani official confirmed Monday that 45 miners have died in a coal mine gas explosion in the country's southwestern Balochistan province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan spoke with Tin Tuc (News) about the need to improve the nation's preventive medicine network.

Car dealers and automobile joint ventures, who are impatiently waiting for imports from Japan, have become anxious upon hearing that Japanese automobile manufacturers have halted the operation of their factories in catastrophe-stricken areas.

HCMC rejects 40 tons of chicken meat from US; Higher fuel prices proposed to fight smuggling; Textile-garment industry confident to earn $13 bln in export; Coffee industry confers on growth path  

VietNamNet Bridge – A newborn baby and a buffalo standing near a house in the mountains are simple evocations of life in photos by Hoang Quoc Tuan.

VietNamNet Bridge – With a fear of childlessness hanging over their head, many couples decide to go against tradition and have babies before getting married.

Some banks can increase dividends and take other capital actions if they pass "stress tests," said Friday the U.S. Federal Reserve in a statement.

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that he is confident that the current nuclear crisis in Japan will be overcome.

More elderly people hospitalized as mercury drops; MIC predicts shortage of IT personnel; US helps Vietnam find MIAs; Fake NGOs, fake jackpot, bogus firm in Dong Nai; Two ministries had break-ins, laptop, cash stolen    

VietNamNet Bridge – A ship carrying 10,000 liters of petrol exploded and burnt out on the afternoon of March 21 on the Xang Na canal in the southern province of Bac Lieu.

The traditional definition of sovereign risk needs to be broadened in order to better understand and address the current financial challenges, concluded an International Monetary Fund (IMF) high-level conference in Washington on Friday.

President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented their working reports for the 2007-2011 term at the on-going ninth session of the 12th NA in Hanoi on March 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – The two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province will be able to resist quakes of 7-8 Richter scales and will be protected by dikes which can prevent tsunamis of up to 15 meters.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology will check radioactivity levels in Vietnamese returning from Japan and has plans to deal with radioactive dust in case it floats to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nick Carter and Howie Dorough arrived at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport at 11.30 am today, March 21. AJ McLean is coming to Vietnam on March 22 and Brian on March 23.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and firefighting personnel resumed shooting water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant early Monday morning in an effort to cool down reactors and overheating spent fuel pools.

A rebound in the shares of securities companies and increase interest by foreign investors helped lift shares on Hanoi Stock Exchange last week, while heavy influence of a handful of plunging blue chips proved to be a drag on the market in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - A disabled man who has been honored for his services to IT and himself trains others with disability has filed a nomination to contest the National Assembly polls for 2011-16.

Boeing's 747-8 Intercontinental took to the sky for the first time on Sunday, a milestone for the U.S. aviation giant's latest and biggest passenger plane.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has drafted a national strategy to eradicate malaria over the next 20 years through early diagnoses, effective treatment and preventative measures.

VietNamNet Bridge – By March 18, the deadline for submitting files to stand for the 13th National Assembly (NA), the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs had received 31 files and HCM City 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – The price-stabilising programme, which aims to control inflation and stabilize the macro-economy, has not yet proved its effectiveness since low-income earners and poor people still find it difficult to access.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite an 18 percent drop in overall workplace accidents, the number of occupational fatalities increased by 9.27 percent, from 550 deaths in 2009 to 601 in 2010.

War clouds are gathering over here as Western forces have started launched air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces after a no-fly zone is imposed on Libya.