The number of dengue fever cases in Rio de Janeiro city this year has already surpassed 10,000, local health authorities said on Friday.

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday deployed for the first time the Iron Dome anti- rocket system amid a sharp escalation of violence along the Gaza border in recent weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang spoke to Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade) newspaper about laying the groundwork for construction of the nation's first nuclear power plant.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC tourism sector will welcome foreign travel agents and media to promote the city’s image as they change their marketing strategy, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Conflicting information on attempted gold management policies is confusing people and preventing them from making investment decisions at the moment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stock values last week moved within a narrow band on the nation's stock exchange, with indices losing value on both national exchanges compared to the previous week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The English Premier League is the best league in the world "by definition" (because it is the richest), a feisty Steve McMahon asserts in a conversation with Viet Nam News.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in central Quang Ngai Province plan to take Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company to court if the company does not compensate them for damage caused by dumping untreated waste into Tra Khuc river.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite a decent offer the Viet Nam Football Federation have laid on the table for a local coach willing to take over the national football team, it appears like there will be a foreign coach after all.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in central London Saturday in protest against the government's spending cuts.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 16 clean water treatment plants in Ha Noi's suburban districts have been left unused for four or five years due to a shortage of funds and poor management from local authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Intel Vietnam Co. Ltd and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (DOET) organized on March 26, an affiliate International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to select two

Foreign-run foreign language centers, which advertise themselves as providing training with internationally standardized quality and qualified native teachers, in fact, have neither international standards or qualified native teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of sign language materials and books is contributing to communication problems among hearing impaired people, Ha Noi Deaf Association chairman Le Van Anh says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese film studios are making more TV series about the modern realities for country people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors have called on men who have sex with men to brave discrimination and meet peer educators and counsellors to learn about safe sex and reduce the risk of spreading HIV.

VietNamNet Bridge – To prepare for the rehearsal against tsunami, which is scheduled this year, Vietnamese scientists have built 25 scripts to give warnings to the people before tsunamis come.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are several obstacles facing efforts to harmonise regulations on firms listing their shares on domestic as well as foreign exchanges, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Retail prices of drugs, both local and imported, have risen by up to 22 percent in HCM City, with producers and importers blaming it on the dong’s depreciation and higher input costs.

National military delegation visits Thailand; Legislators aim to boost economic development; Mozambique Defence Minister wraps up Vietnam’s visit