VietNamNet Bridge – The students, who follow economics related majors, would have to pay 100 percent of tuitions, if a project being considered by the Ministry of Education & Training and Finance comes true.

The State Bank of Vietnam successfully eased the interest rates in 2012 in order to make it easier for businesses to access bank loans. However, there is always the other side of a coin.

The Soc Trang Province People's Court early this week opened the appellate court for a defendant who asked the My Tu District People’s Court to pay compensation of VND500 million ($25,000) for its wrongful verdict.

 Fallen cycling hero Lance Armstrong personally apologized Monday to staff members of the Livestrong cancer charity ahead of an interview with talk show diva Oprah Winfrey.

Inspectors of the Vietnam Environmental Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment last Saturday proposed the HCMC authorities fine 25 local entities for violating environmental protection laws

VietNamNet Bridge - A multidimensional Hanoi is portrayed by 13 artists in a variety of styles and materials in the ongoing exhibition at Art Talk Café, 12 Quan Su, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – In previous years, fixed line services brought high revenue to the national telecom group VNPT. But nowadays, it incurs the loss of trillions of dong from the services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Polish-American pianist Anna Kijanowaska will come on stage for one night only at the Youth Theater, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on January 23.

The number of lawsuits for safeguard measures against Vietnamese export items are believed to increase in 2013. Wooden furniture and cashew nuts may be the next defendants in the lawsuits.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City has 15 special schools for the hearing-impaired, where currently around 2,000 students are already enrolled.

The Government's Decree 103, which takes effect this month, increases regional minimum wages for helpers employed by businesses, co-operatives, farms, households and individuals by VND250,000-350,000 per month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Space Technology Institute will send an Earth observation satellite worth 55.2 million euros (US$72.4 million) to the Earth’s orbit.

In cemeteries, behind the cold graves is the underground world with “odd” tricks to make money. Except for honest people who make a living through their own labor, these "cemetery vultures" must be inspected and removed by the authority.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People living in the Song Hong (Red River) Delta are preparing to celebrate the Huong Pagoda festival 2013, which a local official has promised will be the biggest ever.

Bird-nests prove lucrative swoop; Ministry to introduce new food labelling standards; Sugar makers seek to export 300,000 tonnes; Firm chosen to temporarily import, re-export iPhones; Real estate prices likely to keep falling

Over the last 20 years, even though Vietnam has evolved from a country with food shortages to being one of the world’s top exporters of agricultural produce, the average income of farmers is still lower than other class of society.

VietNamNet Bridge - New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is coming to Vietnam this week as his first overseas trip after taking office.

  WB-funded Distribution Efficiency Project starts in Thanh Hoa; Salvage vessel saves 15 from fishing vessel; VND2 billion raised for AO victims in Danang; Exams held to fill senior provincial positions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee found no cases of corruption in civil service hiring in the past two years, according to a report published on Friday, Jan 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photography contest was launched last Friday in Ha Noi, with organisers hoping that entries will promote the nation's tourism industry by showing off its beauty, landscape and culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese men from the worlds of culture, sport, architecture, gastronomy and business have been honoured at the "Men of the Year 2012" ceremony held in HCM City on January 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - The models appeared in the F Fashion Show on the super-high heels and walked like robots.

VietNamNet Bridge - The cold air is weakening, making the temperature in northern Vietnam gradually increase this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Located in the corner of the Palazzo club, in Sheraton Saigon Hotel, the gaming machine No. 13 has been in the status quo since Mr. Ly Sam announced to winning $55.5 million in October 2009.

 Hundreds of thousands of protestors flooded the streets of Paris on Sunday in protest at government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption.