With tear-soaked eyes and accompanied by his sons, former Israeli President Moshe Katzav exited the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday morning after being sentenced to seven years in jail and two years probation for rape

Counting the number of lung cancer cells circulating in a patient's blood could help understanding how the disease develops and improve treatment options, according to a British study published Tuesday.

Golf tourney to help children; Liem makes good start in German Chess League; Brazil's Augusto to coach national men's volleyball team; Mercedes-Benz Trophy 2011 tees off in Binh Duong

The U.S. military has confirmed that a U.S. fighter jet has crashed in Libya, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday on its website.

A 25-year-old Texas construction worker has undergone the first full face transplant done in the United States, media reports said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists found a fossil elephant tooth in early March in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced on Monday the launch of a nationwide program for the prevention of breast and cervical cancer.

Exhibition on daily life in HCM City;  US veteran-poet hopes to heal war wounds with poems;  A guitar players record;  Vietnam culture day opens in Copenhagen; ‘Youth Aspiration’ to mark Youth Union’s anniversary

While enterprises have to struggle hard to get the profit of 10% for their investment deals, small shopkeepers on pavements can earn the profit. The pavements in the central area of Hanoi are considered the “goose that laid the golden eggs”.

Some universities have announced increases in tuition fees for the 2011 academic year. The costs of learning have become too expensive in Vietnam.

External power source had been connected to all the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kyodo News reported late Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses and experts have proposed that the government should reduce corporate income tax in order to ease the burden on businesses in this difficult period.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Thai, vice office chief of the National Committee for Traffic Safety, spoke to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper about traffic safety and the threat of increasing numbers of road deaths.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance has said it would recommend that businesses found to be evading taxes by repeated declaration of losses have their licenses revoked.

VietNamNet Bridge – Following the unexpected success story of ABTel with its Q-Mobile brand, many other enterprises have jumped on the bandwagon and are trying to develop Vietnamese mobile phones.

VietNamNet Bridge – District authorities in HCM City have taken many measures to ensure social welfare after the Government passed Resolution 11 last month to curb inflation and stabilise the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four Vietnamese tourist companies - La Palanche Voyages, Luxury Travel, Vietnam Originale and Cle Voyage - joined in the 2011 Le Monde à Paris (MAP) International Tourism Fair from March 17-20.

A new device is being developed by American engineers to ease pain of blood sugar testing in diabetics, according to foreign media report last week.

Steel prices to continue rising; Ministry urges protections for consumers; Banks ordered to provide public forex services; M&A deals thrive despite market slump; Villages urged to prevent illegal logging

VietNamNet Bridge – Rural towns were never attractive clients in the eyes of commercial banks before. However, everything has changed.