Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday morning in the second stage voting for a new parliament, after the first stage concluded with the Islamic parties being the biggest winners.

Halt called on second-rate petrol processing; Oils and aromatic spice industry needs help; Provinces pull the plug on slow projects; Fast food foreign firms race to dominate Vietnamese market; Foreign producers interested in local building market

The death toll from the illicit liquor disaster in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has risen to 121, while 100 are being treated of poisoning in hospitals, said local media reports.

The United States has not won and completed the mission in Afghanistan, said U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta in a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai held in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many obstetrical consulting rooms in cities are overloaded with women who need professional advices of how to have a son in 2012, the Year of Dragon.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will ban from aquaculture use--20 kinds of plant protection substances containing cypermethrin.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ongoing 17th Vietnam Film Festival in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, has revealed the jury for the feature film category.

The death toll from illicit liquor in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal rose to at least 63 people, mostly dirt poor rickshaw pullers and laborers, while 80 others were struggling for their lives, reported local media Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The shareholders’ meeting of the Vietnam Professional Football JS Company on December 14, voted Vo Quoc Thang, Chairman of the Dong Tam Long An football club as VPF Chair.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fabio Cannavaro, the captain of Italian national football squad that was the champion of the World Cup 2006, will arrive in HCM City on January 6, 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – The New Year’s Eve in HCM City on December 31 will be brilliant thanks to a special light show, fireworks and an international food festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past two days, more than 400 soldiers have been mobilized to assist people in the central provinces of Phu Yen and Quang Ngai to resist flood tide.

A 15-year-old girl fell ill after accepting a free drink from a man dressed as Santa Claus on Sunday evening at a Berlin Christmas market, local police said on Monday.

Market for leasing office buildings in HCM City has already witnessed some transferal transactions in recent years and this trend is increasing.

600-year-old wall found at heritage site; Vietnam Idol participants to gather for concert; Scrap dealers find ancient ceramic jar; Bosom-shaped luffas found in Hanoi’s Goethe café; Fun, frolics and felicitations at Ha Noi Rock City

Trade Ministers of major emerging economies, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and South Africa (BRICS) met in Geneva on Wednesday before attending the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization,

Toyota grants 146 scholarships; Man saved after being shot with 80 pellets; Woman saved from domestic violence in Taiwan; Illegal tankers seized in Quang Ninh

VietNamNet Bridge – Customers will be allowed to receive claim money on bank deposit insurance in Vietnamese dong, but not in foreign currency or other precious metals,

The diplomatic sector should continue to deepen relations and effectively tap the strengths of traditional partners on an equal and mutually beneficiary basis, creating favourable conditions for national construction and defence.

Viet Nam has dropped four places to rank 50th out of 60 countries represented on the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Financial Development Index, according to the Finance Development Report 2011.