Germany would suspend the plan of extending the lifespan of its 17 nuclear power plants for three months, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Monday, amid fears of meltdowns at several nuclear plants in quake-hit Japan.

Just like many women who suffer from postpartum depression, new dads can also be depressed, according to a recent observational research.

Tokyo stocks received a much anticipated pummeling Monday, with the key Nikkei stock index plunging 6.18 percent to a four-month closing low as factories, production lines and ports ground to a halt over the weekend

The Vietnam Food Association VFA has decided to slash the floor price for rice exports by 10-20 dollar per ton, starting from March 12.

The death toll of the suicide against a army recruitment center Monday here has reached to 35, spokesman for provincial administration Mahboubullah Sayedi said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Catholic priest Nguyen Huu Triet of Tan Sa Chau Churd in HCM City has collected more than 1,300 old lamps in 17 years. Some of them were made 2,500 years ago.

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Tuesday that an explosion was heard at the No. 2 reactor of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday (2110 GMT).

HTML clipboard Exhibition on glorious tradition of Vietnamese youth; Restoring Phong Le temple to cost more than $66,000; Vietnamese movies to mark Cinema Day in HCM City; Photographer opens gallery with black and white shots

The “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe is leaving Hogwarts and starring in his first Broadway musical, a revival of the 50-year-old Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”.

Exhibition highlights Vietnam-Laos traditional relations; French-funded facility to unify city traffic lights; Last Vietnamese evacuated from Libya arrived home; 2 face death for killing Communist Party official 

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Teen 2010 Diem Trang, a student from the National University, will attend the Asia-Pacific Youth Forum in HCM City from March 20-26.

Authorities have officially revoked a license for a mammoth US$11.4 billion tourism project invested by US-based Galileo Investment Group Inc in the central Vietnamese province of Phu Yen, a top official confirmed.

VietNamNet Bridge – A British musical entitled “My Fair Lady” will be introduced at the Hong Ha Theatre, 1 Duong Thanh, Hanoi as of April 1 by the Hanoi International Theatre Society – HIST.

New Zealand, Vietnam trade at $500 mln; Farm sector pushes Japanese trade; 3 city drug firms seek approval for price hikes; Exports to EU to face several tough barriers; VEC invites bids for $48 mln in bonds

People now do want to deposit their money at banks any more because of the low interest rates which cannot cover the inflation rate. Experts believe that they will pour money into the real estate market instead of banking their savings.

Users of Apple's iPhone peppered Twitter and blogs with complaints Sunday when their phones bungled the one-hour "spring forward" to daylight savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.

The policy on developing renewable energy has been applied for a long time. However, there has been no considerable progress in utilizing renewable energy in daily life, which has been attributed to unreasonable policies.

Reading article “Sitting on mounts of gold, why is Vietnam still poor?”, T.K Raja confirmed that Vietnam is not poor.

VietNamNet Bridge – Not only private universities that fear they cannot enroll enough students, but prestigious schools have also been trying to attract more candidates.

Information technology is considered a key economic sector. Attaching special attention to IT, Vietnam’s brainpower will be shining, said Minister of Information and Communication Le Doan Hop.