The inflation for food items in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 7.4 percent in May this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.

The eurozone debt crisis poses the greatest risk to the stability of Britain's financial system and banks should increase capital reserves during strong earnings periods, Bank of England Governor Sir Mevyn King said on Friday

Bird flu was discovered at a poultry farm in the central Dutch province of Flevoland, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Downpours and water from upper Laos created flooding in mountain districts in the central province of Nghe An. Hundreds of families have lost their houses.

China has always insisted that the East Sea disputes be dealt with through bilateral negotiations and has developed a “two nos” policy regarding the settlement of disputes in the East Sea: no multilateral negotiations and no “internationalization”.

The US dollar-Vietnamese dong exchange rate is expected to hold steady to the end of this year, but ANZ and Standard Chartered banks anticipates a dong devaluation early next year.

The country's three largest mobile service providers, VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel, confirmed they had a growing number of 3G subscribers after nearly two years of providing the service.

Four Vietnamese documentaries will be aired on Discovery channel in the Asia-Pacific region as of May 5 2011, said producer Ha Thuc Van.

While most enterprises have to cut down expenses in the economic downturn; some luxurious brands still spend hundreds of thousands dollars, or even millions of dollars to organize events to polish their images.

European Union (EU) leaders formally endorsed Italy's Mario Draghi to be the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Friday.

Asst Prof Dr Nguyen Chu Hoi, deputy chief of the Vietnam General Department of Sea and Islands, talks about the country’s maritime development.

Pu Mat National Park, located in the central province of Nghe An and classified as a World Biosphere Reserve (the largest in Southeast Asia ) by UNESCO in April, has long been known for its bio-diversity.

VietNamNet Bridge – The university entrance exams will come in just 10 days, and it is the time for examinees to gear up for preparing for the exams. Intensive training courses are burning hot these days.

VietNamNet Bridge – After classes, coffee shops are the destinations of many students. In the world of cafes for teens, there are many special shops with strange styles.

With inadequate traffic signs, poor lighting and cracks, the unfinished Trung Luong – Ho Chi Minh City Expressway is unsafe, heard a Thursday meeting about the management of this expressway 15 months it was opened to traffic.

A report has been sent by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) to the National Assembly’s Economics Committee, which says that new positive signs have appeared which the ministry believes will become clearer in the upcoming months.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sea-related industries, like sleeping giants, have failed to cash in on many large advantages, which are offered by the country’s profuse water resources, experts say.    

Vietnam’s Olympic qualifying football team lost out to Saudi Arabia 4-1 in the second qualifying round for the 2012 London Olympics at My Dinh stadium in Hanoi on June 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms say that it is now the right time for travelers to book domestic and outbound tours, when a lot of domestic and foreign airlines are running sales promotion programs.

VietNamNet Bridge - China, circa 21st century, likes to portray itself as a “soft power” whose “peaceful rise” should not threaten the world.