The value of China's currency, the yuan, hit a record high for the fifth straight trading day Monday with the central parity rate at 6.5705 yuan per U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system.

Goals from David Villa and Leo Messi helped Barcelona to a hard fought 2-1 win at home to Athletic Club Bilbao.

A new research shows people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a U.S. study released Sunday.

Two US recycling companies have been ordered to properly dispose of computer waste they attempted to illegally export from Minnesota to Vietnam, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced last week.

A few steps into the Hakka Town restaurant's dining room transports visitors to what seems like a rustic southern eatery where guests can explore a different side of Han cuisine and culture.

Testimony by top financial policymakers before the National Assembly Standing Committee last Thursday that the Government intended to take tightening measures aimed at curbing inflation sent shares plunging on both stock exchanges.

The HCM City People's Committee has set up a team to investigate if banks have been selling US dollars at above the official selling rate by charging "fees."

Three anti-government protesters were killed and about 76 were wounded on Friday in fierce clashes between pro-and anti-government demonstrators that rattled Yemen's major cities of Taiz, Aden and Sanaa.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communication has asked internet service providers to block access to on-line games each day from 10pm to 8am by March 3.

Tran Thuy Lieu has confessed to police she herself killed her husband who was a vocal journalist, ending month-long speculations that he was killed for his high-profile reports on underworld thugs and corruption.

Businesses complain that the “dual foreign currency price mechanism” is still persisting, even though the central bank has raised the official exchange rate to narrow the gap between the official exchange rate and the black market’s exchange rate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An took the lead of the V-League Eximbank Cup after beating Hoa Phat Ha Noi 2-1 on Saturday.

The old turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake rose to the surface very often in the last three days. The turtle stayed on the surface for hour each time and he didn’t move, causing worries about his health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thinking that if one gets qua phet (bamboo-made balls) at the village festival, he will have good luck in the new year, hundreds of young people chased and even battled to get the balls.

VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ninh Province’s police on February 20 arrested the captain and chief mechanic of the sunken tourist boat that killed 12 tourists on February 17.

Drug addicts escapes center, some captured; City looks to collect more blood; Disabled people get help to find work; Cars barred from Rach Chiec flyover during rebuilding work; Plan to bury overhead cables

VietNamNet Bridge - Tighter fiscal, financial and monetary policies are needed to control inflation, narrow the trade deficit and stabilise the economy, top officials told the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The host of the Southeast Asian Games 2011 – Indonesia – has not only removed women’s football but also some other sports in which Vietnam is capable of winning gold medals and replaced them with obscure sports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local government in the central province of Thua Thien Hue has found a document on meteorological service on Paracel islands in 1955 and given it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese enterprises are beginning to see IT investment as a strategic solution to develop sustainably, says Thieu Phuong Nam, deputy general director of IBM Viet Nam.