Scientists found consuming too many sugary drinks may raise the risk of high blood pressure, according to a study published in "Hypertension" on Monday.

First ever heart transplant successfully conducted in Hue; Hanoi hosts science meeting with Asian theme; First HIV hospital opens in Ha Noi; Eleven more cases of swine flu found

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has protested a recent anti-piracy exercise carried out by China’s eighth naval escort flotilla at the Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands).

Over 6000 Vietnamese in Libya have been evacuated to the third countries, 2800 of them have arrived home. At this moment, there are no reports about injuries of Vietnamese workers in Libya.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said that it is seeking substitutes for Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto and the federation will give priority to foreign candidates.

A wide range of activities will take place as from April 7 (the fifth day of the third lunar month) in the northern province of Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival in 2011.  

Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh and senior pop star Thanh Lam were nominated for the Dedication Award 2010, in addition to three male singers Tung Duong, Duc Tuan and Ha Anh Tuan.

The government will make amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax to make it appropriate to the current situation in which the prices of all essential goods have increased.

Many small businesses and individuals are unable to access bank loans at the moment, especially when the lending interest rates are sky high and the requirements set by banks on borrowers are very strict.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses are continuing to pollute the environment because fines are too low, Viet Nam Productivity Centre has said.

VietNamNet Newspaper Editor-in-chief Nguyen Anh Tuan was appointed Vice Chair of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDTA) which was set up in Hanoi on March 2.

After 12 universities now located in the inner city of Hanoi relocate to the suburbs what will the land be used for?

Management agencies have continuously discovered the cases of industrial zones discharging untreated industrial waste into the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Women held key roles in agricultural production, from manufacturing and processing to trading, but many still lacked information on food quality and safety, experts said here yesterday, March 2.

A growing trend over the last 10 years is that successful enterprises, including Vietnamese leading private enterprises, sooner or later jumped into other business fields of real estate, finance or banking, diverging from their core business fields.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rubella epidemic reached a high point last month, and may last until next month, said deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyen Hong Ha.

Fifteen doctors of the Hue Central Hospital successfully transplanted a heart to a 26-year-old man in a five-hour operation, which ended at 3 am of March 2.

Ten female painters from Hanoi and Saigon will introduce their latest 100 paintings at the “Colors of Hanoi-Saigon” exhibition in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is keen to learn from the experience of the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka in environmental protection, urban planning and management.

VietNamNet Bridge – The commune in Kien Giang Province's Go Quao District is about to harvest 3,780ha of the winter-spring crop and the average yield is an impressive seven tonnes per hectare,