VietNamNet Bridge - President Nguyen Minh Triet has appointed 22 new ambassadors and 11 new consul generals to serve overseas.

The price of gold in Vietnam jumped by VND250,000 a tael (1.2 ounces) over the previous day, approaching VND36.4 million a tael on February 15 as global price slightly rose.

China has its own day for lovers, Qi Qiao Jie (sometimes called the Double Seven Festival because it falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar), which is on Aug 6 this year.

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday agreed on the size of the permanent rescue fund, promising to provide 500 billion euros to eurozone countries that fall prey to the debt crisis after the current rescue fund expires in 2013.

The UN Security Council urged Cambodia and Thailand to display maximum restraint and to establish a permanent cease-fire, the Council President of the month, Brazilian Ambassador to the UN Maria Ribeiro Viotti,

China's consumer inflation rose in January on surging food prices, but increased less than market expectations.

In a tearful announcement, Corinthians star striker Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima, or simply Ronaldo, revealed his decision on Monday to retire as a professional soccer player.

All 14 people onboard a small commercial plane were killed when it crashed Monday morning near the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, Honduran authorities said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The departments of education and training in several localities are working with relevant authorities to provide material support and other incentives for students not to drop out of school after the Tet holidays.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of students at a school in central Phu Yen Province have fainted en mass during the past two months, but health experts claim that the problem is a result of the students' psychological state.

VietNamNet Bridge – The letters Trinh Cong Son wrote to his first lover as a young man in the 1960s are set to be published in book form by his family.

Russian war movie filmed in Hoi An Town; Pops singers to judge Singapore talent contest; Exhibition of S Korean illustrations on show; Traditional Craft Villages Festival in Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – Countless numbers of people are expected to attend two big ceremonies in Nam Dinh and Ha Nam provinces on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

VietNamNet Bridge – 2010 was a bright year for Vietnamese track-and-field athletes, with three silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Games won by Vu Thi Huong, Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Van Huyen.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attaches importance to its ties with Japan and wants to boost the strategic partnership between the two countries to a new height, said a Vietnamese senior government official.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will perform a Lunar New Year's Concert this Friday and Saturday night at the Ha Noi Opera House.

VN set for new sepak takraw cup; Badminton tourney set for March; FA Cup trophy to tour Viet Nam

The sharp dollar price increase, the input material price increases and foreseeable electricity and petroleum price rises are threatening businesses’ operations.

Despite the low demand, domestic paper producers still have decided to raise the sale prices. The enterprises that use printing papers, writing papers and newsprint cannot understand what is happening in the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Asian Green City Index 2011 released on February 14, Hanoi is listed in the group of “under average” cities for the green.