Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday warned that spiking the government to raise debt limit soon was the "wrong tool" for fostering sustainable fiscal adjustment and risked serious economic consequences.

VietNamNet Bridge – A software programme to manage manholes is currently under development, said Le Van Trung, director of the Software Technology Centre at the HCM City National University.

VietNamNet Bridge – A public lighting project to promote the efficient use of energy has helped Viet Nam save at least 674 million KWh and reduce 0.29 million tonnes of carbon emissions over the last 5 years.

Solar Impulse, a Swiss solar-powered aircraft, finally arrived in Paris on Tuesday after three days' delay, ready for a debut at the biennial International Paris Air Show.

VietNamNet Bridge - The latest albums of Tung Duong, Dam Vinh Hung and Nguyen Vu won the highest prize - Golden Album - in the fourth season of the Golden Album contest.

Finance ministers of eurozone countries failed to agree on a new financing plan for Greece at an emergency meeting Tuesday, fighting over the degree of private sector involvement in additional rescue for Athens.

A two-year-old boy became the first child to be killed by the deadly E. coli in Germany on Tuesday, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) supports the project to turn Vietnam into a strong information technology (IT) nation and promote the application of e-government.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks have been ordered to cut down the outstanding loans to non-production sectors to 22 percent by June 30. However, bankers say this proves to be an impossible mission.

VietNamNet Bridge – A creative environmental protection campaign is changing the way that Viet Nam's national parks and conservancies are caring for the country's precious natural heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge – More people are illegally occupying canals in HCM City, but authorities have not carried out the necessary work to stop the violations.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has released a decision allowing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to delay the 2011 corporate income tax payment by one year. However, what SMEs need now is not the right to delay the tax payment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thach Kim Tuan will be the sole Vietnamese representative at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships, scheduled to kick off in Penang, Malaysia, on June 30.

The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol has approved non-refundable aid worth US$10 million for Vietnam’s program to phase out the ozone-denting chemical hydrochlorofluorocarbon in 2012-16.

Vietnam eyes e-government development;  Deputy PM boosts relations with Cuba; Vietnam, Cambodia boost legislative exchanges; Vietnam, Indonesia boost agricultural cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Nguyen Ngoc Thanh and goalkeeper Nguyen Manh Dung will be participating in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers' training session, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

In response to questions about the two-day live-fire naval exercise off Hon Ong Islet which wrapped up yesterday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said the Viet Nam People's Navy did not conduct drills in the East Sea

VietNamNet Bridge - David Cook and Alexandra Burke, the winners of the American Idol and X-Factor (Britain), arrived in Vietnam on June 14, to sing in the H-Artistry concert in Hanoi on June 15.

After raging in southern and central provinces, causing 17 deaths, hand-foot-mouth disease has spread to Hanoi, with a new type of virus which is more dangerous.  

A heavy explosion rocked east the Libyan capital of Tripoli late Tuesday evening, causing a big fire, with helicopters of the NATO forces hovering over the area, a Xinhua correspondent said.