VietNamNet Bridge – Struggling against weak efficiency and a heavy load bad debts, Vietnamese finance companies are finding ways to restructure.

In the fashion show "The Times" which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26, well-known designer Vo Viet Chung launched three collections. The collection “Heritage” was performed last as the highlight of the show.

VietNamNet Bridge – After only five days practicing with the national football squad of Vietnam, Michal Nguyen has been admitted to the team by coach Hoang Van Phuc.

On the morning of January 29, a tamarind with a tree-trunk diameter of 1.5 m at Vo Thi Sau - Thach Thi Thanh intersection in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, suddenly fell and blocked the road and caused traffic jams in the city center.

VietNamNet Bridge – A section of 10km of the Srepok River in the Central Highlands is now covered by dead fish of various species like carp, catfish, red tail hemibargus, etc.

Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Health – Mr. Nguyen Huy Quang - said that Mr. Pham Van Hiep who is now Ms. Pham Le Quynh Tram can ask the Ministry of Health to perform gender determination tests.

VietNamNet Bridge – The spokesman of the Government, Minister Vu Duc Dam has confirmed that the plan to remove difficulties for the real estate market will benefit the medium and low-income earners more than the rich.

A lot of businesses have decided that their staff would start the Lunar New Year holiday two weeks before Tet, because they don’t think that the operation on the last days of the Year of Dragon would help bring more revenue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous pop singer and producer Ngo Thanh Van appears to have further enhanced her image as a bankable movie star in the new film Faifo (Hoai Pho).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thierry Montaner and Killian Blais may be forgiven for looking a little weary as they finally arrived in Ha Noi. After all, they had come a long way.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vocalists Ho Ngoc Ha and Dam Vinh Hung won top Female and Male Pop Singer awards at Mai Vang (Golden Apricot) Awards ceremony in HCM City on Saturday.

 The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Monday it had disbanded the independent commission it had set up to investigate any alleged involvement by the global governing body in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Corruption related to recruitment of public servants still occurs because of inadequacies in the competitive exams. In the government apparatus, up to 30% of civil servants are good for nothing, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

People have complained that they have nowhere to deposit gold. Banks have said they are meeting a trouble that they still cannot collect debts because the loans have yet come matured, while they have to stop mobilizing gold deposits by June 30, 2013.

While scientists believe that they have to work in very poor conditions and affirm that Vietnam needs to spend more money to develop and encourage scientific research, businessmen say money is not the problem.

VietNamNet Bridge – The slow growth of the telecom subscribers in 2012 has been attributed to the economic crisis. However, in such a crisis, 3G services still made a big leap.

  Deputy Defence Minister receives Cambodian official; Vietnam attends APPF-21 in Russia; President pays New Year visit to former revolutionary base; Vietnam’s agricultural development praised

Heat from large cities alters local streams of high-altitude winds, potentially affecting weather in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) away, researchers said on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the major events held in HCM City to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year), an open-air book fair, will be held from February 7-13 on three downtown streets.

A lot of schools enroll students for pedagogical training majors, but not all of them can produce qualified teachers.

The economic recession, high inflation rate, high unemployment rate, low Tet bonus have in no way affected the Vietnamese habit of drinking beer.

At the government’s January press conference, the Head of the Government Office said that by law, re-inspection is only carried out with inspection conclusion of ministries and provinces, not with inspection results of the government inspectorate.

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 29, the Department of Social Evil Prevention of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that there are about 30,000 prostitutes and 171,400 drug addicts in Vietnam.

VietNamNet introduces the collection “Fun and Young” by Adrian Anh Tuan at the Dep Fashion Show 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Lunar New Year is the chance for people to see the most special ornamental trees.