The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Smoking Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco Dependence was launched in Hong Kong on Monday.

While local animal feed producers are struggling with a capital shortfall, technology and business strategies, foreign firms are racing to expand factories and business networks to fully exploit the potentials of the domestic market.

The Spanish government on Monday announced that it is planning a 10-billion-euro (13 billion U.S. dollars) spending cuts in the country's health and education services.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first media center on nuclear power in Vietnam will be inaugurated this year to diffuse basic knowledge on nuclear power by pictures to the people.

VietNamNet Bridge – A rural market-day opened on the Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 8, as part of the Hue Festival 2012.

Vietnam needs to reopen its National Gold Exchange; Steel, cement makers suffer massive unsold stocks; PepsiCo to export Vietnamese snacks; APEC telecom group meets in Da Nang City; Vietinbank establishes subsidiary bank in Germany  

VietNamNet Bridge – The Elle Fashion Show – Spring & Summer 2012 took place in HCM City on April 8. Collections by famous designers were performed by Vietnam’s leading models.

PetroVietnam did not cause any loss of State capital but did make unauthorised investments in some areas and in capital advances without approval from the Prime Minister, said PetroVietnam's chairman Phung Dinh Thuc.

VietNamNet Bridge - Carabosse troupe from France impressed the audience at the Hue Festival 2012 with their show of fire.

The Prime Minister has told localities and agencies to strengthen cooperation and make full use of their advantages to develop tourism into a spearhead industry able to generate revenue of US$20 billion by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – While domestic feed manufacturers are struggling to access bank loans, renovate technology and business strategies, foreign enterprises have made a big leap to dominate the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has proposed the government to raise administrative fine up to VND2 billion ($100,000) on acts of individuals and organizations that cause environmental pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents have discovered a system of tunnels inside and around the palace of Empress Nam Phuong (1914 –1963), the first and primary wife of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam.

Pursing his lips, sixteen-year-old Nguyen Huu Manh is focusing his attention on his sewing machine as he makes a wedding dress. Beside him, his teacher, 75-year-old Tran Duyen Hai, bends his back to observe and guide him

The Prime Minister has approved targets for the National Programme for Rural Water Supplies and Sanitation during the 2012-15 period.

In many cases, foreign partners, when signing cooperation agreements with Vietnamese enterprises, have a long term plan to conquer the Vietnamese market, and their ambition is bigger than just making financial investments.

Ford Motor Company is recalling 140,312 of its 2012 Ford Focus models in the United States due to a potential issue with the car's windshield wiper, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three months after the operation to cut off a huge tumor of 90kg on his leg, Nguyen Duy Hai has recovered. He left the hospital on April 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ao dai festival at Hue Festival 2012 showcased more than 300 designs with the theme “Lotus in painting.”

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health on April 8 began testing made-in-Vietnam type A/H5N1 vaccine on humans--the third stage, in the northern province of Vietnam.