One of the highlights of Vietnam's foreign policy in 2012 is promoting and deepening relationships with key strategic partners, upgrading relations with important partners, promoting substantive economic relations with other countries and regions.

The mobile ad market remains a fledgling, but it is the aiming point of a lot of advertisement and IT firms, simply because it is very promising.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Late writer Vu Trong Phung's works have been made into a television series expected to be aired in Viet Nam next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) is a famous destination in Danang City that tourists should put it their itinerary.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security's Police Investigation Agency last Thursday announced its decision to prosecute Vu Tien Son on a charge of "organising for people to flee the country."

Bad debts stunting Vietnam’s economic growth; Enterprises start to stop depending on banks;  Hanoi, HCM City to announce property price index; Mongolia, VN recognizes market economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares saw modest gains on the HCM City Stock Exchange last week, with the VN-Index ending Friday's session at 383.80 points, an increase of 1.58 per cent over the previous week's close.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top models and celebrities appear in a photo book by well-known fashion designer Do Manh Cuong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public security officers in HCM City arrested last Thursday a group of 52 people from mainland China and Taiwan on charges of swindling by using hi-tech telecom devices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Almost one week after the second Ha Noi international film festival, movie lovers in Ha Noi have already stopped talking about it.

VietNamNet Bridge – Reports on the feasibility of two nuclear power plants would be completed next year, then submitted to the Government, said Nguyen Manh Hung, deputy head of the project management board. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have outlined three alternative scenarios for the national economy in 2013, each extrapolated from the hypothetical GDP growth rates of 5, 5.68 and 6.34 percent.

The General Department of Taxation has asked the HCM City tax office to review the relations between Adidas Vietnam and a number of companies in the global system of Adidas to determine the costs that this firm declared for tax calculation.

According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, there are nearly 6,000 labor accidents in Vietnam, killing about 600 people, annually. However, the data at hospitals showed that the number of victims is more than three times.

  Money raised for eye treatment in Vietnam; Anaesthetic drug found by border guards; Vietnam shares climate change experience with Cuba; Lao Cai fines online gamblers $520

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rains and high tides have blocked drains in many areas in HCM City because of illegal building near canals, sewers, manholes and sluice gates.

VietNamNet Bridge – A luxury resort with 60 rooms and 24 bungalows will be built next to the famous Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang Province. It is expected that the resort will open in late 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two men, one Australian and one Vietnamese, will embark on a pole-to-pole super-marathon along the length of Vietnam in order to raise funds for clean drinking and sanitary projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - After two years ruled the fashion markets, white color continues to be the color trend of the Vietnam Spring Summer 2013 Fashion Week.

 The United Nations climate talks in Doha entered the final stage Saturday with drafts of the low- ambitious second period of Kyoto Protocol and weak commitment on climate finance

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi plans to develop six traditional craft villages into tourist destinations to attract domestic and international tourists from now until 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to Major-General Le Van Cuong, China's unilateral actions to control the East Sea, use of its fishing fleet to disturb the sovereign waters of Vietnam will continue, at increasing levels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 3D cartoon produced in 2011 and uploaded on YouTube recently has become a hit with 4 million views.

 The official death toll from typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) in the Philippines has already reached 620, while the number of missing also rose to 817, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Sunday.

When automobile manufacturers’ association reported the sharp falls in the car sales, big worries have been raised--not only to the manufacturers, but to local authorities as well.