VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister recently ratified the national sports development strategy by 2020 in order to raise the percentage of people who regularly practice exercises to 28 per cent  and per cent in 2015 and 2020 respectively.

VietNamNet Bridge - Police have arrested a couple for allegedly selling babies and newborns to childless couples, according to central police Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The French Bourbon Group has decided to leave Vietnam perhaps because it has run out patience with making investments in the country, especially since they have not made satisfactory profits over the last 15 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese painter Toba Mika has pursued only one topic for 16 years: Vietnam. Her latest exhibition opened in Hanoi on December 6.

Workshop promotes child protection plan; Six police officers demoted for sex video; Italian businesses give aid to flood victims; Da Nang firm closed for discharging waste water

VietNamNet Bridge - A Moscow-bound Aeorflot flight was delayed at Berlin airport Monday due to a hoax bomb threat, with a German newspaper speculating it could have been an attempt to stop the deportation of 45 Vietnamese without documents.

VietNamNet Bridge – Improving the quality of health services at the grassroots level is the most effective method of preventing overcrowding at central hospitals and improving people's lives in poorer areas.

Rescuers have found 30 of the 150 people who are believed to be trapped in the mud and rocks left by a landslide in Bello, Antioquia, in the northeast of Colombia.

European Union (EU) and Russia have settled bilateral issues on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Commission said on Tuesday.

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday expressed support for a plan to extend the repayment period of EU-IMF loans for Greece.

New Zealand's Auckland University researchers have found that overweight fathers are more likely to have undersized babies, New Zealand media reported on Wednesday.

Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange said at a London court on Tuesday that he will fight against extraditing him to Sweden over sexual assault claims.

The United Nations climate change conference entered the high-level stage on Tuesday in Cancun, a resort city on Mexico's Caribbean coast, with disputes over the extension of the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 still unresolved.

Defence officials meet in Da Lat; Lao, Vietnamese national assemblies tighten cooperation; HCM City sets up ties with Kuwaiti province; Chinese Trade Unions exchange with Vietnamese counterparts

VietNamNet Bridge – International and national organisations came together at two-day workshop last Thursday to promote co-operation in tackling illegal trans-boundary wildlife trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's traditional medicine practitioners are opposed to bear bile farming, according to a recent survey.

VietNamNet Bridge – International commitments to environmental protection, bio-diversity and adaptation to climate change should dominate Viet Nam's forestry policies over the next five years,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Hoang Pham Tra Mi won the first prize for the under-15-year-old category at the Singapore International Chopin Piano tournament, which ended on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artwork of sisters Vu Bach Hoa and Vu Bach Lien is simplistic in terms of scale, colours and themes but it makes the viewers think and feel in complex and profound ways,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese track and field athletes could seriously consider winning gold medals at the next Asian Games, according to coach Nguyen Dinh Minh.

Giang snags gold in youth wushu worlds; Duong wins National Matchplay; HCM City college tops volleyball tourne

While IMF and WB said that inflation has strongly risen in Vietnam and it may reach a two digit number this year, the Minister of Planning and Investment said the government is trying to keep “inflation under control” at the forecast level.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second Asian Beach Games started in Oman this morning with more than 2,000 athletes and coaches from 45 countries and territories participating.