Tokyo stocks rose sharply Thursday, with Japan's key Nikkei stock index climbing ore than 2 percent as the yen's retreat against the U.S. dollar spurred an injection of funds from overseas which boosted domestic financier issues.

The FIFA Ethics Committee announced on Thursday its decision to suspend six FIFA officials from taking part in any football-related activities after they were found to have “breached various articles of FIFA code of Ethics”, . . .

VietNamNet Bridge - Eight out of 183 patients infected with swine flu this year have died, the Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute reported at a meeting on November 17.

Baggage containing a suspected detonating device was removed from a Munich-bound plane at Windhoek airport in Namibia by local police Wednesday, German federal crime agency BKA said Thursday.

Fatherland Front's ongoing tasks defined by Party leader; Vietnam’s path to socialism discussed in Argentina; Deputy Prime Minister Hung receives GICHD Director

Regional congress discusses poison control measures; Japan assists to build boarding house for handicapped children; Berlin borough signs cooperation agreement with Hanoi district; Vietnamese goods prove a hit in rural areas

VietNamNet Bridge – The environmental sector should carry out comprehensive measures to reduce pollution, restore, and improve the quality of the environment, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Paris-South XI University held an award ceremony to honour its Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many bus and taxis drivers have ignored a ruling requiring them to paste their prices, said deputy director of the city's Transport Department Nguyen Hoang Linh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department has approved the slaughter of healthy pigs for consumption in localities hit by blue-ear pig disease.

VietNamNet Bridge – A project to provide clean water and improve rural sanitation in six central provinces was launched yesterday, Nov 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies insisted yesterday, Nov 17, that any changes to the Co-operative Law must recognise the special status the organisations have in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the spirit of friendly neighbourliness and reliable partnership, Viet Nam wants to make positive contributions to the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Co-operation Strategy (ACMECS) framework.

VietNamNet talked with National Assembly deputy Nguyen Dinh Xuan, who was recently honored by Bern city for protecting bears.

VietNamNet Bridge – Six documentary films by young Vietnamese film makers will be screened with English subtitles in Ha Noi this weekend.

3,000-year-old stone instrument found in Binh Thuan; Rare documents archivist honoured; Miss Earth proceeds go to flood victims; No charge to view historical movies; Environment films to be awarded

Amateurs chase $200,000 in Toyota golf bonanza; Binh Duong warm up in preparation for BTV Cup; 11th run for children scheduled for Sunday; Golfers set to tee off at matchplay tourney

VietNamNet Bridge – Wushu martial artists sailed to three silvers in the fifth day of competition at the Asian Games yesterday, Nov 17.

The rainfall in provinces in central Vietnam reached several hundreds of millimeters in the last several days, causing heavy floods, which killed at least 19 and isolated hundreds of thousands of people.

A master plan is expected to increase efficiency in the currently weak management of biodiversity, a national seminar on biodiversity in Ha Noi heard yesterday.