A new study suggested that people drinking soda regularly may raise the risk of stroke by 61 percent.

The information that the Ministry of Construction is considering a proposal to set a time-limit ownership for apartment buildings has sparked widespread concerns, as covered on the local media couples of days ago.

Spanish writer Mark Jenkin has extolled the wonderful beauty of Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) in Quang Binh central province.

The host of the Southeast Asian Games 2011 wants to exclude women’s football from the upcoming SEA Games. Vietnam strongly protests the move. The Southeast Asian Sports Council will announce its decision after February 22.

With unsatisfactory sales result in 2010, a big worry about the increases of the imports on the domestic market in 2011 has appeared vividly to the members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association VAMA.

What would new Apple's iPhone look like? It might be smaller and cheaper! Apple is now working on a mini edition of iPhone, according to foreign media reports Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of fishermen from southwestern provinces flocked to Cai Cung in Bac Lieu province to participate in the Whale Festival on February 11.

New stipulation on shelf life of imported medicine; Youth give advice to migrants; Foot-and-mouth disease recurs in 14 provinces and cities nationwide; Ha Noi earmarks $28.4m for key projects

VietNamNet Bridge - Interest rates that have soared to 18-20 per cent per annum are forcing businesses to cut back on production and shelve expansion plans.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will create more opportunities for children to access information, voice their opinions, join social activities and be part of decision making processes.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Taiwan-flagged fishing vessal Tai Yuan 227, released by Somali pirates two weeks ago, is now on its way home with three Vietnamese among the 28 crew.

At this year's European Film Market (EFM), 3D sales and new trends in cinema seem to be lightening the otherwise gloomy skies over Berlin.

VietNamNet Bridge - President Nguyen Minh Triet has appointed 22 new ambassadors and 11 new consul generals to serve overseas.

The price of gold in Vietnam jumped by VND250,000 a tael (1.2 ounces) over the previous day, approaching VND36.4 million a tael on February 15 as global price slightly rose.

China has its own day for lovers, Qi Qiao Jie (sometimes called the Double Seven Festival because it falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar), which is on Aug 6 this year.

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday agreed on the size of the permanent rescue fund, promising to provide 500 billion euros to eurozone countries that fall prey to the debt crisis after the current rescue fund expires in 2013.

The UN Security Council urged Cambodia and Thailand to display maximum restraint and to establish a permanent cease-fire, the Council President of the month, Brazilian Ambassador to the UN Maria Ribeiro Viotti,

China's consumer inflation rose in January on surging food prices, but increased less than market expectations.

In a tearful announcement, Corinthians star striker Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima, or simply Ronaldo, revealed his decision on Monday to retire as a professional soccer player.

All 14 people onboard a small commercial plane were killed when it crashed Monday morning near the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, Honduran authorities said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The departments of education and training in several localities are working with relevant authorities to provide material support and other incentives for students not to drop out of school after the Tet holidays.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of students at a school in central Phu Yen Province have fainted en mass during the past two months, but health experts claim that the problem is a result of the students' psychological state.

VietNamNet Bridge – The letters Trinh Cong Son wrote to his first lover as a young man in the 1960s are set to be published in book form by his family.

Russian war movie filmed in Hoi An Town; Pops singers to judge Singapore talent contest; Exhibition of S Korean illustrations on show; Traditional Craft Villages Festival in Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – Countless numbers of people are expected to attend two big ceremonies in Nam Dinh and Ha Nam provinces on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.