The reform of the United Nations (UN) in the current world situation is urgent but it should benefit all member nations.

Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flights between the UK’s London and Vietnam’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from December 8, the flag carrier announced on December 1.

On December 3rd the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and CAMA will present Go!Go!Japan! at the National Exhibition Centre, Giang Vo St., Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – While commercial banks are still struggling to deal with the liquidity problem, they have heard that the State Bank may lower the ceiling deposit interest rate further. The information has put them on the tenterhooks.

Real Madrid's star striker Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the squad for Spanish La Liga match slated for the weekend after recovering from an ankle strain, his club said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Dinh Chieu, the street for pedestrians along the Huong River, will become the first night street in Hue city.

Japan to help reduce risk; Man burned while talking on phone at gas station; Research on earthquakes in central Quang Nam begins; Mother dies, daughter injured as scooter burns

Party chief meets Hanoian voters, reports on progress; Vietnam chairs 229th session of ASEAN Committee in Ottawa; Vietnam, Austria prioritise trade, research cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese junior tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien was ousted from the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships in the US after he was defeated by Mexican Marco Aurelio in the first round on Wednesday.

The U.S. stocks wobbled on Thursday, with major indexes finishing the sessions mixed after their best three-day rally in nearly three years, as euphoria faded after the Dow soaring nearly 500 points in the previous session.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 155 paintings, graphic designs, sculptures, installations and art videos of 136 artists are being displayed at the National Young Fine Arts Festival at the Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre, 2 Hoa Lu Street.

 Inexpensive tours put on offer to boost travel; Exclusive wharves needed for tourist vessels; Thailand returns to tourist map as floods recede; Cambodian tourists flock to VN for healthcare

The Nhue-Day river basin continues to suffer from pollution despite a range of environmental protection projects that have been carried out on the area by several agencies including the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,

VietNamNet Bridge - The average life expectancy of Vietnamese people has increased to 73 from 72.8 of 2010, according to the General Department of the Population and Family Planning.

Worries have been raised about the arise of the monopoly which may lead to the existence of a gold black market.

VietNamNet Bridge – In an interview with the press on the sideline of the 10th anti-corruption dialogue in Hanoi on November 29, chief government inspector Huynh Phong Tranh emphasized the role of the media in this field.

VietNamNet Bridge – During his time in HCM City, Danish crown prince Frederik Andre Henrik Christian and his escorts dropped in the General Library to see Vietnamese children. He saw kids drawing and talked with them.

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city will hold a flower festival on the road around the Hoan Kiem Lake during the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities with their own financial self-control schemes should have the same rights to set their own tuition fees that private institutions have, a conference heard last Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's health sector has seen progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment in recent years, experts agreed at a two-day seminar that began in HCM City yesterday, Dec 1.