VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has given the nod to localities wanting to temporarily use sections of pavements and roadways for parking lots until 2023.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A target of five gold medals has been set for Viet Nam's taekwondo team at the Myanmar SEA Games, but this could prove to be a tough task without their strongest members.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese, wherever they live in the world, have been learning Vietnamese language everyday to uphold and promote the national culture identity. However, they meet a lot of difficulties in the study.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of countries in the world have offered attractive preferences in administrative procedures and tour fee discounts to lure Vietnamese travelers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Minh Tuan, creative director of a campaign to popularize the use of condoms – “Condom Project” – has been recognized for his fashion collection made from 25,000 condoms by the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records.

 VietNamNet Bridge – GDP growth in Vietnam will rise modestly to 5.5% by 2015, with macroeconomic stability largely restored, according to the World Bank’s latest report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The former chairman of the Viet National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will stand trial next Thursday, December 12, in what is considered one of the most anticipated corruption trials in recent years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Insurers have continuously cut the motor vehicle insurance premiums down to scramble for clients--which has resulted in the very low profits from the business.

Ten leading international and Vietnamese DJs will gather tonight at the American Club, 19 Hai Ba Trung Street from 6.30-11pm, to serve up a feast of music for Hanoian audiences.

The People's Committee of HCM City has issued a list of 28 kinds of trees banned from planting along city streets.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Head of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen has noted that the domestic economy is in good shape, evidenced by upbeat data about the recent socio-economic performance.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists recently discovered a new species of toad at altitude of about 2,800, near the top of Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s N°1 female badminton player, Vu Thi Trang, was the only Vietnamese player to win during the first day of the international badminton championships, the Vietnam Grand Prix Open 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister will have a direct dialogue with international donors about development issues in Vietnam at the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum 2013 scheduled for Thursday in Hanoi.

The strict claims filed by the US on the issues relating to the intellectual property during the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Strategic Partnership Agreement (TPP) are believed to put big difficulties for Vietnamese enterprises.

Bees have a much greater economic value than is widely known, according to a scientific probe into strawberry-growing published on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese U23 team captain Nguyen Van Quyet said team effort is key to Viet Nam's success at the 27th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in Myanmar.

The things MobiFone can inherit from the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group include the two Vinasat satellites which have caused the loss of trillions of dong, and a finance company with the loss bigger than the stockholder equity.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of December 3, a middle-aged woman poured petrol from a can on four motorcycles on the sidewalk of Hai Trieu Street, District 1, HCM City and set fire.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The latest forecast of the authorities says that the flood-tide in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5 will reach 1.68m, the same with the historical peak last month. Thus, the city will be inundated.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Half a month after the fire that killed six people in Fuse Bar, Hanoi's authorities have closed Zone 9, the famous entertainment address of Hanoi’s youth and expats.

VietNamNet Bridge - This weird incident occurred in Cam Trung commune in Cam Xuyen district of the central province of Ha Tinh. A health worker delivered peas to babies, confirming that they were vitamin A pills.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A truck of 60 tons in tonnage ran through a temporary bridge under construction, making the entire bridge collapsed completely.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Joining Vietnamese to make local specialties and process popular cuisines of Vietnam is the way American chef Robert Danhi introduces Vietnamese food to Vietnamese and foreign tourists.