The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday expressed support for a plan to extend the repayment period of EU-IMF loans for Greece.

New Zealand's Auckland University researchers have found that overweight fathers are more likely to have undersized babies, New Zealand media reported on Wednesday.

Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange said at a London court on Tuesday that he will fight against extraditing him to Sweden over sexual assault claims.

The United Nations climate change conference entered the high-level stage on Tuesday in Cancun, a resort city on Mexico's Caribbean coast, with disputes over the extension of the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 still unresolved.

Defence officials meet in Da Lat; Lao, Vietnamese national assemblies tighten cooperation; HCM City sets up ties with Kuwaiti province; Chinese Trade Unions exchange with Vietnamese counterparts

VietNamNet Bridge – International and national organisations came together at two-day workshop last Thursday to promote co-operation in tackling illegal trans-boundary wildlife trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's traditional medicine practitioners are opposed to bear bile farming, according to a recent survey.

VietNamNet Bridge – International commitments to environmental protection, bio-diversity and adaptation to climate change should dominate Viet Nam's forestry policies over the next five years,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Hoang Pham Tra Mi won the first prize for the under-15-year-old category at the Singapore International Chopin Piano tournament, which ended on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The artwork of sisters Vu Bach Hoa and Vu Bach Lien is simplistic in terms of scale, colours and themes but it makes the viewers think and feel in complex and profound ways,

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese track and field athletes could seriously consider winning gold medals at the next Asian Games, according to coach Nguyen Dinh Minh.

Giang snags gold in youth wushu worlds; Duong wins National Matchplay; HCM City college tops volleyball tourne

While IMF and WB said that inflation has strongly risen in Vietnam and it may reach a two digit number this year, the Minister of Planning and Investment said the government is trying to keep “inflation under control” at the forecast level.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second Asian Beach Games started in Oman this morning with more than 2,000 athletes and coaches from 45 countries and territories participating.

VietNamNet Bridge – With erstwhile minnows refusing to be overawed by powerhouse reputations, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup could mark a new chapter in regional football.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Council on December 7 discussed the city’s economic and social situation in 2010. Many deputies were interested in the transparency of spending for the city’s 1000th anniversary.

Instead of writing lesson plans themselves, many teachers nowadays simply use the free lesson plans they download from Internet. Instead of being creative, many teachers nowadays simply reproduce lesson plans of other people. 

Central provinces ready to cope with severer flooding; Lecturers told to use teaching methods that foster creativity; Big demand for seasonal worker; VN leads region in closing gender gap; Power shortages loom as projects behind schedule