The Vietnam Weight-lifting Federation now plays high hope on Thach Kim Tuan at the Southeast Asian Games 2011, who won a gold medal at the Youth Olympic 2010, after famous weight-lifter Hoang Anh Tuan was banned from competition for doping.

Family members and close friends held a private funeral service for Hollywood doyenne Elizabeth Taylor at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale near Los Angeles Thursday afternoon, one day after the movie legend passed away at age 79.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thuy Trang, 19, from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak beat more than 600 contestants nationwide to win Miss Fashion 2011 in her home province last week.

Ngo Dang Nhan, Director of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety and Control said that the Radioactive Cloud from Reactor No. 4 at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima – Japan would reach Vietnam by March 25.

Television rights for the European football championships, or Euro 2012, has remained a tousle between the two sides – the international sports rights marketing agency SportFive (S5) as the seller and Vietnamese TV stations as the purchasing side.

European Union (EU) leaders began their two-day summit on Thursday amid a political crisis in Portugal and protests by trade unions against austerity measures taken by eurozone member states to struggle out of the debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – There has been just one major refereeing error in the seven rounds of the V-League so far, the head of the Referee Council said after a video review of all the matches.

High school students, teachers, and even parents all feel happy when for a third consecutive year geography has been unexpectedly included in the six compulsory subjects for the high school graduation exam in early June.

A group of researchers in east China's Nanjing city have voiced confidence that genetically modified pigs would be born later this year to provide much-needed organs for transplant into human bodies.

A total of 41 people have so far been killed with 48 injured in a strong quake that struck Myanmar' s northeastern Shan state Thursday night, the state TV reported in a breaking news Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A group from the US ex-pressed their excite-ment when they related their trip to Ho Village, 20km northwest of Sa Pa.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City bus companies are not keen on buying the 1,680 new buses envisaged in a Department of Transport plan over the next five years since they feel the loan-interest subsidy they are getting is not adequate.

The FA Cup trophy of the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport on Friday and will be on display till the end of this month under the auspices of trademarked Big Cola.

NATO has decided to enforce the UN-mandated no-fly zone over Libya and would take over the command from the United States in "a couple of days," the alliance's chief said Thursday evening.

VietNamNet Bridge – Paintings of northern Viet Nam's beautiful natural landscapes by veteran artist Dang Tin Tuong are currently on exhibit at the Korean Cultural Centre in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Numerous low-income tenants in major cities are being forced to pay over the top for their electricity by unscrupulous landlords.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Goddess of Mercy Festival opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 23, attracting over 10,000 people.

VietNamNet Bridge – A report reviewing the performance of the 12th National Assembly presented by its Chairman, Nguyen Phu Trong, on Monday has received strong appraisal by deputies at a meeting in the capital city yesterday

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese children aged from 11 to 15 across the country have been invited to take part in a drawing contest with the theme of the Javan rhino and other endangered wildlife species.

Huu Viet wins first gold at swimming champs; Megastar United favourites for First Division berth; Ngoc Linh wins gold at World Muay Thai Championships

The French airforce struck a Libyan air base before sunrise Thursday, a military spokesman told a media conference.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people sang and danced with the four members of the Backstreet Boys in a rare show that met international standards at the Military Zone 7 stadium in HCM City on March 24 evening.

A new study has found that many overweight women and children often underestimate how heavy they are, according to media reports Wednesday.

VN marks ties with Chile, Morocco; CPV, Fatherland Front visit Peru; Swiss-VN dialogue promotes relations; VN promotes co-operation with Saudi Arabia on energy, foodstuffs

While acknowledging what the Government has achieved in its 2007-2011 term as stated in a report, National Assembly deputies have pointed out the shortcomings the next administration will need to fix.