VietNamNet Bridge – The deforestation and the changing of the living environment are the two main reasons which have led to the extinction of some species, while others have been on the verge of extinction.

The government and economists both think that now is the right time to think of easing the interest rates. However, it remains unclear how sharply to reduce and when to cut down interest rates.

Young women may reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease simply by eating more fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, researchers reported Monday in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

By 2020, Viet Nam plans to reduce the number of people working in the agricultural sector to 30 per cent of the population while increasing the number of itinerant workers on regular wages to 50 per cent.

Bombs, mines and explosives leftover from wars is the problem of the government of many countries, including Vietnam. It is daily threat of many people. Vietnamese sappers are exerting effort to deal with land mines left from the Vietnam War.

VietNamNet Bridge – The community of international donors have committed to grant nearly $7.386 billion of official development aid (ODA) to Vietnam next year, compared with $7.9 billion of last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – At many big public hospitals in Vietnam, because of overload, super-fast medical examination have happened. Each patient is only examined within one minute. As a result, medical mistakes are on the rise.

Tiger Woods put an end to his two-year drought by winning the Chevron World Challenge on Sunday.

The United Russia party gained 238 out of the total of 450 seats in Sunday's State Duma election, Central Election Commission (CEC) chief Vladimir Churov said on December 5.

China's major paper producers aim to lower the energy and resources consumed to turn out a tonne of paper by 18 percent at the end of 2015 from the level in 2010.

Viet Nam has targeted sending two weightlifters to next summer's Olympics in London.

Jeweller gets exclusive licence; Gems group joins $1bil club; Vietnam opens products center in Dubai; Goods supply to meet Tet demand; Real estate seeks foreign investors; Handicraft makers eye local market    

It is going to be a long, bumpy road for Vietnam’s road projects after the Ministry of Transport said it would only fund urgent infrastructure projects in the near future.

Top national judo athlete Van Ngoc Tu hopes to collect additional points at the World Judo Grand Prix in Qingdao, China, to secure a spot at next year's Olympics.

The IMF approved the release of a long-delayed tranche of rescue fund for Greece under the joint IMF-European Union bailout program following headway made in Greek fiscal reforms, but pressed the nation to beef up structural reform efforts.

Economic growth in emerging East Asia will continue to moderate into 2012 as growing sovereign debt problems in Europe and an anemic U.S. economy raise the spectre of a deep global economic downturn, the ADB said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce Thanh Nien Daily’s reportage about the Filipino community in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many Thai documents and websites state that Thai ridgeback dog is the ancestor of Vietnam’s Phu Quoc dog breed. Is it true?

FIEs were always considered “big clients”. Therefore, banks did not think much when providing big loans to them. However, many of them were not “big clients” at all.

Readers comment that some newspapers protested the construction of hydro-power plants inside the Cat Tien National Park, and some others supported. What is the truth?