Troubled U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan pleaded no contest on Wednesday morning to a misdemeanor grand theft charge for stealing a valuable necklace from a Southern California jewelry store, local media outlets reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a strategy to improve Vietnamese’s height by 2020. VietNamNet introduces an article by expert Nguyen Van Tuan about this strategy.

The prices of farm produce such as rice, coffee and pepper have been escalating, but farmers do not benefit from the price increases.  

From June 2011, when withdrawing cash from the ATMs of the banks which are not the issuers of the clients’ cards, clients will have to pay 5500 dong per transaction.  

FC Barcelona drew 1-1 away to Levante on Wednesday to assure the BBVA Primera Liga title on a dramatic night in Spanish football.

Vietnam to attend Malaysia Open Swimming tourney 2011; Ex leader requests independent management for sports; National traditional boat racing competition opens; Movenpick amateur charity golf tournament to tee-off

As of the second leg of the national football championship V-League 2011, which will begin this weekend, at least five foreign players will join in the status of Vietnamese players.

The Australian Government will provide an estimated A$137.9 million in official development assistance to Vietnam in 2011-12, increasing by 8.2 percent above last year’s estimated budget for the country.  

Going abroad or studying at domestic universities is the question many students and parents ask themselves.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An crushed Maldives VB Sport 4-2 to enter the knockout round of the Asian Football Confederation Cup for the first time yesterday, May 11.

Promoting traffic safety in Hanoi; Norwegians sponsor ethnic minority villagers in Yen Bai; Former journalist charged for extortion; Interplast initiates burn management program  

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host a slew of cultural events to celebrate the 121st birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine out of 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered for the second meeting of focal points for tobacco control, which opened in Hanoi on May 11.

At least 14 people were injured, one critically, after clashes between anarchists and police in central Athens on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's two largest cities have started large-scale examinations of their power grids in preparation for flooding during the up coming rainy season.

The subprime loans of joint stock banks in Vietnam had reached 22 trillion dong by the end of February 2011, accounting for 1.76 percent of the total outstanding loans, lower than the average ratio of 2.33 percent of the whole banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge – UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam John Hendra met with reporters in Hanoi on May 10 to share his view on the country’s development during five years of his term of office in Vietnam,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese shooting team will leave for the World Cup ISSF held at Fort Benning in the United States tomorrow, May 13.

At the meeting with HCM City’s authorities last week, Deputy Chair of Amcham Christopher C.Twomey advised the local authorities to take necessary measures to prevent robbery, or Vietnam will lose a reputation as a safe destination.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are taking several measures to deal with the growing problem of land erosion in a region crisscrossed by thousands of rivers and canals.