VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese labor export firms all confirmed that they have received a lot of big orders from Japan, which promises a prosperous year 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has conferred the Friendship Order on Nikolay Kolesnik, chairman of the interregional public organisation representing former Soviet Union and Russian experts

 The yen weakened in Asia after G20 finance ministers pledged not to devalue their currencies and avoided targeting Tokyo over the recent plunge in the Japanese unit.

Sea horses have been hunted everywhere in coastal provinces by people, just because they are considered the panacea for gentlemen.

Major oil industry executives gather in Nigeria's capital for an annual conference this week with Africa's largest crude producer under pressure over reports alleging large-scale corruption and mismanagement.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOI) has issued a series of documents, allowing some local enterprises exporting raw materials to help reduce the inventories.

The professionalism, not the big sum of money, will decide the success of tourism promotion programs.

 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Saturday proposed establishing a common defense system to counter space threats, one day after a meteorite explosion injured some 1,200 people in the Chelyabinsk region

Vietnamese enterprises do not lack money or technologies to implement PPP (private public partnership) projects. What they lack is the feeling of safety when they implement the projects.

After the old trees in the Yok Don National Park were chopped down by illegal lumberjacks, the young trees in the forest have also disappeared recently.

International Jew's Harp Society member Nguyen Duc Minh talks about his passion for the rare instrument.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mountainous area of the central province of Thanh Hoa used to be called “the capital of opium.” Since then the storm of HIV has ravaged this region.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the cold of 8 degrees C, when primary students in cities are permitted to stay at home and people wear big coats and try to stay inside, there are unclothed kids despite the cold. 

There are dozens of martial arts schools in Binh Dinh, but the most famous is Phi Long Vinh School owned by Grand Master Truong Van Vinh, due to its unique performance "Ngoc tran than cong"

VietNamNet Bridge - Except for a few serials on hot issues that are polished carefully in terms of contents and technical quality, the general quality of Vietnamese TV series is going down.

In the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people, chewing betel is not only a habit and a custom but also an element of the traditional cultural values.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s consumer confidence remained fairly stagnant with one point increase to stand at 88 for the last quarter of 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge - Professor Nguyen Quang Thach is the first scientist who successfully researched and applied aeroponic technology to growing and propagating natural disease-free potatoes in Vietnam.

Vietnam has launched two communications satellites into orbit and hopes to control them without foreign assistance by March 2013.

In recent years, raising trionychid turtles (Tryonyx steinachderi) has boomed in Van Hung Village, Cat Thinh Commune, Van Chan District in Yen Bai province, bringing many households a profit of nearly VND1 billion ($50,000) each year.

Improper investment, capital, and technology policies have prevented the mechanical industry from reaching its set targets over the past ten years.

The Vietnam women football team has their sights set on the Women's World Cup 2015 and winning first place at the 27th SEA Games.

Co Loa: Special national relic; France introduces woven products in Hue; Nationwide New Year festivals draw visitors

The famous wooden sandals of Yen Xa Village in Hanoi's Thanh Tri District is being threatened in the face of tough competition.

In recent years, the time immediately following Tet has been very lucrative for fortunetellers.