Doctors from HCM City's Paediatrics Hospital No 1 have saved a two-month-old boy from a rare form of pleurisy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Council, which completes its seven-year term, held its last session yesterday with members hailing it for strengthening the democratic process in the city.

A plane carrying U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama had to abort landing after coming dangerously close to a military cargo plane at Andrews Air Force Base, local media quoted federal officials as saying.

Cuban President Raul Castro on Tuesday was elected chief of the ruling Cuban Communist Party (CCP).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) on April 19 didn’t release any decision on the Laos controversial Xayaburi dam. More consultation at ministerial levels are needed, according to an MRC announcement.

On April 19, VietNamNet Newspaper and the Hanoi Young Artists’ Association gave to the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi, more than VND680 million ($34,000) in donations for victims of quakes and tsunamis in Japan.

Apple Inc. has sued Samsung Electronics Co. over patent infringement in a latest suit, U.S. media reported Monday.

Vietnamese movie stars to attend 64th Cannes Film Festival; ‘Bi don’t afraid’ wins top prize at US film festival; Vietnam to choose hip-hoppers for Korea contest; Ao dai creations by Vietnamese designers to be showcased in France    

VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition displays 35 artworks in diversified materials like oil, lacquer, water wall, etc. inspiring from spring, a common topic of artists, by Do Hien and Le Thi Hoan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is rushing to complete the compilation of the draft circular on the safety ratios for banking operation, which will set limitations on a bank’s investments in other banks.

Fidel Castro confirmed in an article published Tuesday that he would no longer be part of the top leadership of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC).

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday that he was "totally hostile" to the idea of deploying ground force to Libya, stressing it's the responsibility of the rebels to guide the NATO bombards against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

A festival was held in An Vinh village, in the Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province on April 18, to pay homage to the Hoang Sa flotilla; who guarded Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Paracel and Spratly) islands for hundreds of years.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Wildlife At Risk (WAR), on April 19, announced that Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new dragonfly species in Vietnam.

Playback Theatre; A Spring Romantic Night – Opera and Ballet; Rock ‘n’ Roll at Hanoi Rock City; Film Screening “Humanity”; Duo d’Accord in Hanoi and HCMC; Ludovico Einaudi in Concert; Film week to screen world’s disaster movies

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists worried that the controversial Xayabury hydro-power project in Laos will make harmful impacts on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Intel Corporation has announced the implementation of a Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program through 2014 to improve higher technological development in Vietnam.  

U.S. stocks slipped sharply on Monday as Standard & Poor's lowered U.S. credit outlook from " stable" to "negative," with all three major indexes losing over 1 percent.

Vietnam and Belgium will launch a joint website dedicated to education to help further strengthen the ties between the two countries and promote the former’s academic environment, Belgian ambassador to Vietnam, Hubert Cooreman, said last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – A few people know that there is a “heaven” for frogs in Hanoi, where hundreds of amphibians of nearly 20 species are growing. That place is the amphibian research center in Co Nhue commune, Tu Liem district.