Cigarette displays in shops will be banned and tobacco companies may also be forced to make their products in plain wrappers in an attempt to stop people from smoking, announced the UK government Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The price of gold in Vietnam plunged by VND300,000 a tael (1.2 ounces) over the previous day on March 11 as global price tumbled due to the euro’s debasement.

The youngest person so far to sail solo around the world, Jessica Watson of Australia on Thursday announced that she has assembled the youngest crew ever to compete in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

Oscar nominee Julianne Moore has been cast as former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a upcoming TV film, according to HBO Films Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The development of traditional medicine institutions in HCM City, including their integration into general hospitals and clinics as envisaged under a national plan issued in 2003, has been sluggish at best,

VietNamNet Bridge – More than two million poor students across Viet Nam have benefited from a Government low-interest loan scheme over the last three years, according to a report released at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday, March 10.

Nha Trang makes Spratly Islands focus of fifth annual Sea Festival; Epikurean all set to open luxury resort in Nha Trang; Ha Long Life Heritage resort launches luxury boat tours

Viet Nam, Paraguay relations bolstered; Party paper celebrates 60th anniversary; Condolences to China; VN, Cambodia boost national defence co-operation

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien yesterday, March 10, pressed a button to launch the election website for the 13th National Assembly and the People's Councils at all levels.

In the dispatch issued on March 10, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) requested heads of local departments to release decisions on establishing steering committees for the PISA program.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel companies risk losing their business licences if they take international tourists to illegally buy bear bile in localities nation-wide, said director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Education and Training has announced that the capital requires an additional 1,600 new pre-schools, schools and universities during the next 20 years to meet increasing student numbers.

VietNamNet Bridge – An inside look at cartoons from the last 90 years is given in the newly published Biem Hoa Viet Nam (Vietnamese cartoon).

VietNamNet Bridge – An elephant race and dug-out canoe race were organized in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 10, with the participation of 20 elephants and 20 dug-out canoes.

The price of preventing preterm labor is about to rise drastically in the U.S. next week.

Regional organizations, by holding emergency meetings, are ramping up their efforts in finding solutions to end the violence in Libya.

"Spider-Man", the most expensive show in Broadway history now is facing production delays. The lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced the opening night of "SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark"

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and Cambodia inked a plan for bilateral cooperation in defence in 2011 in Siem Reap city Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi police caught an illegal dollar trading deal worth US$390,500 (about VND8.4 billion) at a branch of the Vietnam Export-Import Bank on March 8. 

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is likely to raise the key rate again in May, a survey showed Thursday.