U.S. National Institutes of Health said that it's to launch a large-scale clinical trial to investigate if a vitamin D supplement helps prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes, and are at high risk for developing type 2.

Saigon Players, an English language theatre group, will present a comedy and a film screening at McSorley's Ale House to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

Men jailed for master-minding public disorder; Mine explosion kills student in Quang Binh; Four fishermen missing in ship collision; Ministry inquires into pregnancy deaths; Phu Yen police seize smuggled pangolin

 Dong Nai attracts US$830 million in FDI; Vietnam seals Philippines rice contracts; Vietnam attends global auditors congress in China; Promoting Vietnamese trademarks

VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises continued to be the biggest tax contributors in this year's list of 1,000 largest corporate income tax payers in Viet Nam (V1000) at VND77 trillion (US$3.67 billion),

 Rising Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam progressed to the second round of the ITF junior tennis championships, which is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Two more bodies have been recovered from the crash site of the Lao Airlines flight QV301, Somkiet Vorralath, deputy director of Champassak Provincial Health, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The portraits of famous people and ordinary people appear real and lively in pencil sketches by amateur painters Tran Minh Thong and Hoang Thao.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the Government is fairly upbeat on the country’s economic outlook, the National Assembly casts a somber view on the lingering woes.

 EU, VN hold talks on ethnic minorities; Vietnamese, Russian Communist Parties seek to boost ties; Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit to visit Vietnam

Beef imports have been increasing sharply in recent months to satisfy the increasingly high demand. The cow husbandry in Vietnam, which has been facing big difficulties over the last few years, is not in the bigger danger.

 The furious mayor of an area worst hit by Australia's bushfire emergency is demanding answers after the military was blamed for starting a huge blaze, as cooler conditions Thursday aided fire crews.

Russian news agency Interfax – AVN, has reported that the Admiralty Shipyards this year will hand over to the Vietnam Navy, the first of the six diesel-electric submarines of Project 636 Varshavyanka.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese football club Consadole Sapporo wanted to sign a one-year contract with Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh, but Vinh said he would join Song Lam Nghe An FC in the next season, not staying in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The volume of toxic chemicals that the pesticide company Nicotex Thanh Thai buried in its campus is estimated at tens of tons, dozen times higher than the figure that the company has declared.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam is expanding the scope of the search of the missing wheel of Vietnam Airlines’ ATR72 plane and asked for support from related provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province is where tourists can admire not only the romantic sunset in Duong Dong Town, but they should not miss the beautiful and peaceful sunrise in Ham Ninh fishing village.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both iPad Air and mini iPad Retina have captivated the Vietnamese hi-tech fans’ community because of their fashionable designs.

It is a growing tendency that foreign names are given to the real estate projects in Vietnam. However, the Ministry of Construction may stop the trend by setting up a regulation that the projects must have Vietnamese unabbreviated names.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organising of local government and land retrievals were among a range of issues discussed by lawmakers yesterday on the third day of the ongoing sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.