NATO and its partners will not end their operation in Libya until three objectives have been achieved, including the withdrawal of government troops, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday.

A new research indicats taking vitamin D could ward off vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women younger than 75, according to media reports on Tuesday.

The United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced its long-term debt plan, setting a goal to cut 4 trillion U.S. dollars over the next 12 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Russia will be in charge of the operation of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan, said Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Kovtun Andrei Grigorievich.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many schools are wasting students’ time when teaching natural science subjects in English because they only produce students who are bad at natural science subjects in Vietnamese and bad at foreign languages as well.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced on Wednesday the merger of their environmental groups, hoping to make it the most prominent climate policy organization in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – As one of the two oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, Bau Truc is considered a “museum” of traditional pottery of Cham people.

SBV's decision to set a cap on dollar deposits’ interest rates and raise compulsory reserve ratios on foreign-currency deposits is believed to help stabilize exchange rate. However, experts warned that this may lead to kieu hoi decreases.

Singapore's inaugural international film event ScreenSingapore will feature new film of Tom Hanks, "Larry Crowne," organizers said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The romantic Huong (Perfume) River, Hue royal citadel, ancient Thien Mu pagoda, etc. are located in Saigon’s center, at Ngu Lam Garden, owned by Nguyen Thanh Tung.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US Senate has approved President Barack Obama’s appointment of new ambassadors to several countries, including Vietnam.

Japan on April 12 raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant to 7, the worst on an international scale but in Vietnam, radioactive isotope level is very low, which is harmless to health.

VietNamNet Bridge – It looks peaceful but Na U village in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien is a trouble-spot that receives drugs from Laos.

VietNamNet Bridge – Like many visitors to Viet Nam, Anne Hellinker is in a quandary – she wants to explore more of the country but doesn't want to die in the process.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem's win in the recent Aeroflot Open got him an invitation to the 39th Sparkassen Chess Meeting scheduled to be held in Dortmund, Germany from July 21 to 31.

VietNamNet Bridge - The recent collapse of a five-storied building in Hanoi has caused panic since a number of other buildings in the capital suffer tilts due to subsidence and show signs of possible collapse.

The information that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has announced a  quota of 250,000 ton for imported of sugar in 2011, including the 50,000 tons to be imported right after April 15, has made sugar refineries worried stiff.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's exports to Japan are increasing significantly, with many major orders expected to be signed in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vast swathes of agricultural land on the banks of the Chu River in Thieu Nguyen Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been illegally dug up by so-called "sand hackers."

The Australian Foreign Minister paid a visit to the HCMC Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled on April 13. He played the game “walking on two fingers” on the arm of a little girl who lost her leg in a traffic accident and carried her in his arms.