VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague have agreed to further strengthen the two countries’ strategic partnership in the 2011-2015 period to fully tap their potential.

Israel's military chief said on Wednesday that Iran is unlikely to pursue nuclear weapons while stressing that a military option is prepared for such a prospect.

 Italy, Vietnam promote cooperation; Vietnamese general delivers speech in Cambodia; Vietnam concerned about Sudanese tensions

Egyptian ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has been given green light for the presidential election set on May 23 by the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC), official news agency MENA reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Thuan Province Department of Natural Resources and Environment asked the provincial People's Committee to punish Fococev Company's tapioca processing factory for polluting the environment.

Windows 8 release preview will be out in the first week of June, Microsoft announced Monday evening.

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is planning to suspend his campaign, according to media reports Wednesday.

Self-reproach, depression, fear of loss -- all of these moods are harmful to a husband who takes care of his wife suffering from cancer.

Despite the slowing demand for cheap tours, long-haul and high-class tours have still marked good growth, with many high earners booking tours at prices nearly four times higher than normal ones.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is becoming an industrialized and modernized country but the planned minimum salary for civil servants by 2018 is only VND3 million ($150) per month. It is too low, commented VietNamNet’s readers.

VietNamNet Bridge – E-publication is growing rapidly in the world and it is forecasted to develop in Vietnam in the near future. This market, hence, needs to be legalized as soon as possible.

VietNamNet Bridge – A strange thing is occurring in Vietnam: while businesses declare big losses or bankruptcy, banks still make big money.

Google on Tuesday introduced cloud storage service "Google Drive," one of the most important products the tech giant is expected to launch this year.

Manufacturers cornered by supermarkets; Formosa Steel lifts investment to $22b in cast iron refinery; Economists claim petrol price hike will not affect inflation; Private-sector bankruptcy triggers concern; Businesses call for lower interest rates

Many Vietnamese brands which have the development history of tens or hundreds of years have been acquired by foreigners in the last few years.

According to local travel agencies, domestic air travel during the coming month-end holidays is expected to see a sharp drop in the number of travellers, with travel companies set to lose hundreds of millions of Vietnamese dong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Landscapes and ethnic groups of the northern mountainous region are featured in a photograph exhibition which opened yesterday, April 24, in Ha Noi.

Apple on Tuesday released quarterly sales and earnings results that both surpassed analysts' expectations.

U.S. President Barack Obama's job approval rating has increased to 50 percent, extending his lead over his top Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to two Gallup polls released Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Khanh Hoa province, in central Vietnam, on April 23 handed over a Filipino fisherman named Richard Bacunawa, to the Embassy of Philippines in Vietnam.