“Publicizing information and showing clear attitude to create unity is the vital factor to defend the country. The people must believe that the State has sufficiently firm stuff, experience and international relations to defend sovereignty”.

The HIV/AIDS patients in the U.S. state of Florida are in dispute with state authorities over a proposal to impose tighter restrictions on those who qualify for drugs provided by the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Duy Hai, 31, in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been carrying a tumor weighing 80kg on his right leg for 10 years. The tumor still keeps developing.

European football's governing body (UEFA) said on Friday that they want FIFA to reform within three months to deal with the corruption crisis.

Although the Government sets the target of trade deficit over export revenue ratio at 16% this year, the trade gap figure in the first five months of 2011 amounted to US$6.6 billion, accounting for 19% of export revenue .

VietNamNet Bridge - Marine tourism development should be linked closely to national defence and security, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism director- general Nguyen Van Tuan said yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Food insecurity will no longer be a threat to the country, and rice production should shift focus to emerging challenges to achieve sustainability, heard a conference yesterday in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prices of burial plots in Ho Chi Minh City and the two adjacent provinces of Binh Duong and Long An are increasing significantly and in a shortage despite the frozen property market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s telco industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last two years, but growth is expected to slow as the telco industry begins to mature.

The Blythe Solar Power Project, the largest solar energy plant in the world, broke ground Friday in Riverside County, Southern California.

VietNamNet Bridge - Six footballers of Pham Gia Auto team will play for Thailand's Lampang United and Bangkok FC in the Thai futsal (indoor football) League, the team said yesterday.

Greece's new government lead by Prime Minister George Papandreou was sworn in Friday, shortly after a broad reshuffle made 20 months since the socialist ruling party took office amidst an acute debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rivers and canals in HCM City have become choked with silt and rubbish while the task of dredging has not received proper funding, affecting waterway traffic activities and rainwater drainage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts believe that if Vietnam had applied a more reasonable policy on coal exploitation and export, it could have delayed the time of importing coal for tens of years.

Hanoi to host 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup; HCMC tightens airport checks amid E. coli fears ; Vietnam eyes e-government development; Students selected to study in Japan; Nearly VND1,000 billion for building sea dyke in Ca Mau

VietNamNet Bridge - As many Vietnamese believe foreign products are better than domestic ones, real estate developers are now vying each other to give their projects foreign names to attract customers.

VietNamNet Bridge - A German training expert and officials from the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF) are blaming each other over the serious injury of Vu Thi Huong, Vietnam’s elite sprinter, at her training course in Germany.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 22,000 readers have asked La Thanh Huyen to return the 21st Woman prize after VietNamNet published the article about Huyen’s cheongsam at an international meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tourism revenue in HCMC in the first half of this year is estimated at VND23 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 24%, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Hau Loc district in the central province of Thanh Hoa are very busy with their good crop these days.