Limiting prolonged bottle use in children may be an effective way to help prevent obesity, a new study suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tourist boat owners in the northern province of Quang Ninh face huge financial losses under the provincial People's Committee's decision to put stricter controls on tourist boats.

VietNamNet Bridge - “Vietnam still has more interesting stories to tell the world”, Mark Francis, Discovery Networks’ AP Director Production & Development said on a series of four Vietnamese documentaries shown on the network during May.

Rising labor and other production costs are threatening Asia’s competitiveness and preventing many countries from transitioning beyond the hard-won middle income status they have attained in recent decades.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade will pass the draft of a long-awaited incentive policy for wind farms to the Government this month, according to the ministry’s Department of Energy.         

VietNamNet Bridge - Prices of un-husked rice and polished rice have surged sharply in the Mekong Delta but farmers have failed to benefit from the price hike as they are currently out of stock of un-husked rice.  

Ha Noi triumph at pencak silat comp; HCM take lead at swimming event; Viettel U-13 set for ASEAN tourney; Sacombank renew sponsor deal

Pakistani security forces have freed Shamraiz Khan, who lives in the small house opposite to the main entrance of the compound where Osama bin Laden had lived for five years, Khan's son Qasim told Xinhua Saturday.

Taliban multiple attacks in Afghan southern Kandahar province left eight people including six suicide bombers dead and injured 29 others on Saturday, provincial governor said.

VietNamNet Bridge - China’s yuan rise and inflation have made a number of products more expensive than those of local firms on the home market, but that will have little impact on Vietnam’s hefty trade deficit with its northern neighbor.

The old lady sat flat on the ground, bending her head down to her gaunt knees and panted. She could not see and listen clearly, nor speak well. She invited people to buy her lottery tickets by showing them forward.

The U.S. Defense Department on Saturday released material seized in Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan to media outlets, including video images seized in the raid that killed the al-Qaida mastermind.

British voters have rejected the idea of replacing the current first-past-the-post voting system for parliamentary elections with Alternative Vote (AV), according to the referendum's counting result released on Friday evening.

National contest on clean water launched; Women’s role in coping with global challenges; Vietnam, Germany sign;  educational accords; Three billion Asians could become affluent by 2050; African ivory smuggled to Hai Phong  

Bold SOS credit growth move to right listing ship; Vietnam firm launches e-wallet WebMoney; VN, France to sign grant agreements in May; Solar project gets to work; VinaCapital wins Asian property awards

VietNamNet Bridge - Technical universities in South Vietnam are on the look out for students as they are increasingly finding it difficult to motivate students to study for any major in their university. 

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday visited troops that were responsible for the killing of al- Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden, saying the country is making progress in defeating and dismantling al-Qaida.

The temporary shutdown of Phu Bai International Airport in Thua Thien-Hue Province later this month is making major inroads into revenue and plans of tour operators and airlines.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 13-member boy band Super Junior (Suju) of South Korea set their feet in Ho Chi Minh City today to prepare for their Super Show 3 to be held at Go Dau stadium in Binh Duong province on Saturday.

As many as 600 outstanding young people are set to be recruited to work as vice chairmen of communal People's Committees in 62 poor districts nationwide.