European Union (EU) lawmakers approved new rules on Thursday to subject hedge funds to EU-wide supervision for the first time.

VietNamNet Bridge – Proper emergency medical assistance could help save people's lives at a lower cost and with simpler treatment than waiting for care to begin upon arrival at the hospital.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen hospitals in Ha Noi's suburban districts will be equipped with their own solid waste incinerators through a project approved and funded by the city's People's Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is developing traffic infrastructure on its east to improve transport links with its dynamic neighbouring provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, and Ba Ria – Vung Tau and allow vehicles going past to bypass the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – As inflationary pressure is mounting, the Ministry of Finance has ordered the finance authorities nationwide to impose price controls on essential goods whose runaway prices have kept rising to exorbitant levels.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite its huge water resources, Vietnam will face a critical shortage of water for economic development in the years to come due to uncontrolled tapping, pollution and local and regional constructions of dams.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies spent yesterday morning, Nov 11, in group discussion on the Weights and Measures bill and the implementation of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery Plant.

Tourism to ride on back of global recovery; Ice sculptures displayed in Ho Chi Minh City's District 11; HCM City travel agencies explore US market; Mui Ne to host Miss Earth beauty pageant event

“China’s claim of the East Sea as its core interest has worried countries in the region. The US will not make concessions”, said Prof. Bronson Percival from the CAN Strategic Research Center in Virginia, USA.

VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran art critic and painter Nguyen Quan's recently published book that documents trends in 20th century art in Viet Nam is a comprehensive history that includes more than 200 black-and-white and colour images.

G-20 economies should continue efforts to maintain a stable economic environment, build a mechanism to prevent and address crises, facilitate developing countries’ trade activities and provide resources for the implementation of MDGs.

Russian Cultural Days will be held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang from November 14-22, announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Renowned Polish jazz musician Jarek Smietana will play a jazz concert at the Ha Noi Opera House next Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The major contingent of Viet Nam's competitors in the 16th ASIAD, in Guangzhou, China, left yesterday to join the opening of Asia's biggest sports festival today, Nov 12.

A failed parcel bomb found on the cargo plane at East Midlands airport last month was timed to detonate over the Eastern seaboard of the United States, British police said on Wednesday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Wednesday that cholera cases are expected to continue to rise in recent weeks in Haiti, where almost 10,000 people have so far been affected and 643 confirmed dead.

Chief coach Henrique Calisto of the national football squad disagreed with the opinion that his presence in Guangzhou might put pressure on the Vietnam U23 team which suffered 2-6 defeat in the game against Turkmenistan.

VietNamNet Bridge – “I thought that flood would not come this year but it did suddenly,” said a senior farmer in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho.

Vietnamese businessmen do not lack hearts or money, but they still rarely consider lending a hand to support Vietnam’s academic art. As the result, Vietnam’s cultural development has to rely on foreign support.

The world's top business leaders Thursday called for the G20 countries to work with them to unleash the next wave of productivity growth to reduce poverty and improve people's life.

At least 30 people were killed and 150 others injured in a powerful blast that went off Thursday night in the downtown area of Karachi, the largest industrial city in southern Pakistan, sources in Karachi told Xinhua.

VietNamNet Bridge – The famous singer will come to Vietnam to perform at the final night of the Miss Earth pageant in Nha Trang city on December 4. The Irish pop star came to Vietnam for the first time in September 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge – Antiques from ethnic minority groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands are in high demand.

Vietnam wins two prizes at Asia Bellydance Competition 2010; Treasures from Vietnam’s last dynasty displayed in RoK; 1000-year-old history of Hanoi discussed in France; Copy of giant poetry book presented to UNESCO

The Supreme People’s Court has delivered the death sentence to Nguyen Duc Nghia, a 26-year-old man who beheaded his ex-girlfriend in a case that has attracted considerable public attention.