Beijing Municipal Government Wednesday issued new rules limiting the number of homes each family can buy as the government steps up efforts to cool the property market.

Arsenal come from 1-0 down to defeat Barcelona 2-1 at Emirates in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last 16 round encounter on Wednesday.

Declaring love to their girlfriends with thousands of roses or kissing and cuddling right on teeming streets -pictures of such scenes can be seen on many Chinese websites. Educators worry that such behavior has been imported to Vietnam.  

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong announced to retire from professional cycling on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked relevant agencies to rapidly complete and publish the latest climate change and rising sea level scenarios for likely affected localities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Education and Training to fully implement new tasks for this year, especially the second semester of the 2010-2011 academic year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Film studios are working on a raft of new projects, including comedy, action, and horror films, that are slated for release this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 500 performers will parade through HCM City's District 5 tonight to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten journalists from six ASEAN countries won prizes at Siemens' inaugural Green Technology Journalism Awards gala in Singapore yesterday, Feb 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – People's procuracies should be involved in preparing law suits for civil court trials to make them fairer and objective, the Chairwoman of the NA Committee of Judiciary, Le Thi Thu Ba, said here yesterday, Feb 16.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism VNAT is, for the first time, considering hiring a consultancy firm to promote Vietnam’s tourism, according to VNAT’s General Director Nguyen Van Tuan.

Cambodian closure of camp welcomed; Prime Minister meets new Singaporean and Danish ambassadors; Luxembourg grants Vietnam EUR42 million aid; PM approved cultural diplomacy strategy

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten foreign passengers are missing after a Vietnamese tourist ship sank this morning off Ti Top Island in Ha Long Bay.

Food-safety inspections of seafood processing plants will be stepped up this year, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) has warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Dai Dong, director of the department of employment at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te (Viet Nam Economic Times) about labour shortages and job growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a recent interview given to the local press, Chair of the National Finance Supervision Council, Le Duc Thuy, said that he does not think the dong/dollar exchange rate adjustment will have big impacts on inflation.  

Dietary fiber may be associated with a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular, infectious and respiratory diseases, as well as a reduced risk of death from any cause over a nine-year period,

VietNamNet Bridge - The development of green energy to replace hydro- and thermal power requires strong policy backing, experts have said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ecological gardens offer HCM City the opportunity to promote eco-tourism, but according to Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper, their development leaves much to be desired.

The suggested 18 percent increase would be the highest increase so far, and if approved, will have a strong impact on the national economy. However, the increase still doesn’t satisfy power investors.