U.S. health agency Food and Drug Administration said it would limit the use of an obesity drug from the Arena Pharmaceuticals as it has little effect on losing weight, Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecommunications violations will be punished with fines of up to VND70 million and no less than VND200,000.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly discussed on Saturday proposed revisions to the Law on Inspections and the Law on Administrative Litigation.

VietNamNet Bridge – A national television programme entitled For our beloved Central Region was broadcast on Saturday to share sympathy for victims of the two storms that hit the northern part of the region.

VietNamNet Bridge – Volatility in the foreign exchange and inflation rates last week began to worry foreign investors, the final sustaining force on the nation's stock markets in recent days.

Viet Nam's robust economic recovery from the global crisis has experts optimistic about next year's prospects.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chinese side is ready to hand over to Vietnam fishing boat QNg 66478 TS and its nine-member crew in the afternoon of October 25 due to nice weather at sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Malaysian police rescued eight Vietnamese women who were forced into labor slavery in Kuala Lumpur late last month, according to the Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA).

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of students and other volunteers joined in the Green City Tour campaign in Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang yesterday, Oct 24, aiming to promote public awareness of environmental protection.

VietNamNet Bridge – Painter Nguyen Thi Hien is in love with the written word. She explains that writing itself has been a work of art since humans began drawing images on stone to communicate and find others.

Viet Nam's U-21 draw first blood; Local athletes dominate half marathon; Nhat excels on Asian Tour; Children's basketball tourney starts

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen to 253, said the country's health department on Sunday.

Temperatures are expected to drop further in much of China over the next three days as the cold wave that swept north China over the weekend heads south, China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) said here Sunday.

VietNamNet talks with Dr. Alan V. Phan, a prestigious investor, about foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign indirect investment (FII) in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2010 has been a hectic year for the Vietnamese anti-virus market with a number of new products from domestic as well as foreign providers introduced to the market.

Contrary to the predictions that once the Circular 13 becomes valid on Oct. 1, the cash flow to the real estate sector would stop, commercial banks are still welcoming lenders

Troubled U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan once again avoided jail on Friday as a Beverly Hills judge ordered her to remain in treatment at a clinic, instead of sentencing her to jail.

A group of gunmen stormed a party and shot dead 15 people, including children, overnight in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Saturday.

At least six fans were announced dead with several injured after a stampede at the gate of the Nyayo National Stadium, venue of a Kenya Premier League match pitting old rivals AFC L eopards against Gor Mahia here in Nairobi.

The Iraqi government on Saturday criticized the mass of documents released late Friday about abuse of detainees by Iraqi security forces as politically motivated.