500 chemists offer lower priced drugs; Company slammed $3,500 for spam; Doctor gets 15 years for insurance scam; Milk consumption goes up; Central province gets foot and mouth vaccine

State agencies will begin checking information about pre-paid mobile phone subscribers from May 1, 2011, and will “declare death” to hundreds of thousands of mobile phone subscribers.  

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate CIA director Leon Panetta to succeed Robert Gates as the new defense secretary, media reported Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – After five years, a nationwide campaign of harm reduction and HIV prevention among sex workers has not proven effective, a review conference heard yesterday, April 27.

Over 20 million tickets were applied for with around 1.8 million people submitting requests for tickets, revealed the LOCOG after the application process for London 2012 Olympic tickets closed at 1am on Wednesday.

Hanoi faces a severe shortage of land for garbage disposal but measures begun a few years ago like enlarging existing landfills and establishing waste-treatment plants have not gone smoothly.  

The World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011 opened here Wednesday, focusing on economic perspectives for the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - People now have to cudgel their brains about what they should do to protect their assets to cope with the changing policies on gold, dollar and Vietnam dong.

The Chinese currency Renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, Thursday gained 45 basis points from Wednesday to a record new high of 6.5051 per U.S. dollar.

The U.S. economy is expected to grow between 3.1 percent and 3.3 percent this year, a downward revision from the previous forecast which saw growth possibly as high as 3.9 percent, said Ben Bernanke,

A series of cultural activities, tourism and sport will be held in many localities in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The British Council has launched an eco-friendly business competition for entrepreneurs.

Banking industry receives award for aiding renewal; Chief judge chosen for council of the Supreme People's Court; Assembly election plans well in hand

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of exhibitions of native Vietnamese flowers is being held in several cities to identify the people's choice for the national flower, and the caravan has now moved to Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Le Van TachToyota Vietnam has announced a 70% cut in car production from April 25 to June 3, 2011, citing a shortage of spare parts after the quake disaster in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Rock music and contemporary art will be honoured during a performance at the Hoa Lo museum in Ha Noi on Friday night.

VietNamNet Bridge - A joint investigation have found two companies in Hanoi, EMOBI and VNNET had been sending spams to users’ cell phones to advertise their services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspections of forested land in Yok Don National Park began this week after local media reported that illegal loggers had destroyed several forested areas in the park.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two foreign coaches will take over the men's and women's national volleyball teams next month for a two-month trial period, an official from the Volleyball Federation of Viet Nam said.

EVN has admitted to big debts, but said it still cannot pay the debts right now.