Art schools have all called for their autonomy in enrolling students. They want the right to decide how many students to receive and what exam subjects students need to take.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2012, about 3.5 million Vietnamese traveled abroad, of which China alone attracted 1.1 million Vietnamese visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Below are the people who are bright stars in Vietnam’s sky of art in 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At midnight on the 2013 Lunar New Year’s Eve, fireworks will be set off around the country.

Businessmen have become more picky when choosing the first caller for the New Year Day.

Medical workers who help women to determine the sex of their child during the early stages of pregnancy before birth will be fined VND10-20 million, 30 per cent higher than before.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Do Gallery in District 1 has opened a spring exhibition featuring Nguyen Van Phuong, Van Chien, Tran Thi Thu Ha, Le Tuan Anh and Nguyen Xuan Anh.

The project on using mosquitoes to eliminate dengue has been kicked off on Tri Nguyen island of Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem will take part in Aeroflot Open 2013 scheduled for February 12-17 in Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dyke erosion and forested areas cut down for shrimp ponds are destroying farmland and affecting the livelihood of local residents in coastal areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tra Vinh.

In the afternoon of February 7, nearly 50,000 people flock to Mien Dong bus station in HCM City to return home for the Tet holiday. At the same time, tens of thousands of people also rushed to  My Dinh and Giap Bat bus stations in Hanoi.

 Yahoo! on Wednesday announced an advertising alliance with Google, the company that dethroned the pioneering Internet firm in the world of Internet search.

Illicit cigarettes face crackdown; Ad expense rules need reform, chambers say; Medicine needed for health investment; Wind power project begins on Phu Quy; PetroVietnam seeks fund for the $9bn refinery

Commercial banks that fail to ensure smooth and stable operation of their automatic teller machine (ATM) systems during the coming lunar new year holiday will be fined,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Telecom recently complained that Viettel and VNPT cut its connection channels, causing difficulties for its business operations.  

VietNamNet Bridge - On February 6, after more than three years in prison, former lawyer Le Cong Dinh was released to welcome Tet with his family.

 Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh; Leaders offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh; Lao Ambassador pays Tet visit to Vietnamese embassy; Iran’s National Day observed in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty-three Vietnamese fishermen detained for entering Indonesia’s territorial waters illegally will be released to enable them return home for the upcoming Tet holidays,

 A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying six satellites blasted off on Wednesday from Pad 31 of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

The lack of investment capital and gloomy domestic market have brought golden opportunities to foreign investors to buy real estate projects for knock-down prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has just assigned three hospitals to be responsible for ruling on gender reassignment operations.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stressed that the achievements of last year resulted from concerted efforts by the entire nation and created favourable conditions for the country

VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of February 6, the Mrs. World Organization presented the title First Mrs. World to Dr. Kim Hong in HCM City.

In the morning of February 6, Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh visited General Vo Nguyen Giap at the Hanoi-based Central Military Hospital 108 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

The Department of Performing Arts has permitted Vietnam Television (VTV) to broadcast Tao Quan 2013 (The Kitchen Gods) after the show was forced to undertake edits to its content.