VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has issued a fresh swine-flu alert after new cases were detected in Hanoi and HCM City last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Hai Phong City's Thuy Nguyen District People's Committee has suspended the operation of a calcium carbide factory in Lai Xuan Commune due to alleged pollution that has harmed the health of local residents.

Dr Mai Liem Truc said that the most important thing that helped Vietnam’s IT and communication brand develop well in the last decade is the market opening which allows to gradually eliminate monopoly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Building international-standard schools is a chief priority of the education system in HCM City, which leads the country in training and pedagogical innovation.

The list of 200 members of the 11th Party Central Committee

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese models, Lan Huong and Quang Thinh,  will leave Vietnam for South Korea on January 19 to join the 6th Asian Model Festival in Seoul.

VietNamNet Bridge – The head of the Institute of Vietnamese Gastronomic Research wants the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to be designated "Ngay Bep Viet" or Vietnamese Stove Day in honour of Ong Tao, the Kitchen God.

The death toll from storms in Rio de Janeiro state has reached 661 as rescue works enter the sixth day Monday, local authorities said.

American Sam Querrey and Russian Nikolay Davydenko crashed out of Australian Open in opening session on Monday, while Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Li Na advanced to the second round

A group of armed men Monday attacked a prison in Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico and helped 12 prisoners escape, the state authorities said.

Pre-menopausal Chinese- American women have far greater bone strength than their Caucasian counterparts, as determined by a breakthrough technological advance.

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi on Monday announced the formation of a national unity government after former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted last week.

French monochrome photos connect communities; Ha Noi-based music academy students to perform in HCM City; Project promotes youth's awareness of reproductive health

VietNamNet Bridge - Major telecommunications service providers such as MobiFone, Vinaphone and Viettel have rushed to offer subscriber promotions prior to the Lunar New Year festival.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hotel developers are now beginning to manage properties under their own brand names, setting off a new trend in Viet Nam's hospitality industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Customers should use 3G and fixed phone technology to avoid network congestion during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, telecommunications companies have said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The European Union yesterday officially announced a grant of 11 million euros (US$15 million) to help develop an ‘environmentally and socially responsible' tourism sector, the ever biggest tourism programme in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the piercing cold, thousands of farmers in central Vietnam still work very hard in the field.

Skyrocketing prices of pork and chicken has prompted some people to illegally transport these animals into the country. The smuggling is rampant at border crossings such as Tan Thanh, Cao Loc and Mong Cai, in Lang Son and Quang Ninh. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors are looking to make the most of Vietnam’s lucrative animal feed industry in 2011.