President of Vingroup, Pham Nhat Vuong, has become the 2012’s richest Vietnamese stock millionaire after the last securities trading session on December 28.

Wikipedia showed a result that Vietnamese student Tran Nhat Quang won the special prize for the best candidate from very far countries at the 1984 International Physics Olympiad.

On the first day of New Year 2013, thousands of international visitors greeted Vietnam's tourism and enjoy many programs awarded to welcome international units by HCMC tourism sector.

The Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the Air battle victory is a great historical event encapsulating the triumph of brainpower and revolutionary heroism.

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been selected as 2012’s most outstanding athlete (scoring 1570 points), followed by swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (1020 points).

Despite chilly temperatures, thousands of Hanoians converged on August Revolution Square at midnight to celebrate the New Year. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the road to welcome the New Year 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thot not (coconut palm) trees are an integral part of the Khmer community in Van Giao Commune, Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic sector continues to spread its roots despite turbulent economic times.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has been rated as the best destination for city life in Vietnam by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world’s leading tourist magazine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among 878 small-scale industrial zones nationwide, there have been 412 zones which are slow-moving or deliver low investment efficiency due to capital shortage, site clearance problems and few tenants.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has suggested to reducing the car ownership registration tax and delay the plan to collect the kind of fee aimed in restricting private vehicles in circulation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises so far have invested in 124 projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of some US$2.5 billion, four times higher than the figure in 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge – In their fourth trip to Vietnam, the famous boy ban of South Korea Super Junior promises to explode on the stage of the Asia Super Showcase in Hanoi on February 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Roughly 30km from Phan Rang City in the southern province of Binh Thuan, Binh Tien beach is a hidden gem for tourists who want to discover new experiences and rejuvenate.

The Vietnam ICT Press Club on December 27 released the 10 information and communication technology (ICT) events in 2012 selected by 40 journalists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Canals inherently have a drainage function, but in HCM City, this has become one of the potentials and "resident" of dozens of diseases.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese millionaires are rich enough to spend billions of dong on a bird cage, millions of dong on a Canadian gooey duck, or thousands of dollars on tiny shrimps.

Inefficient telecom firms to go bankrupt; Vietnam one of attractive destinations for tourists in 2013; State bank to offer USD1.9 billion in loans for house buyers; Industrial growth slows to 4.8 percent; ACB suffers big loss in gold business

In addition to the daily concerns about the market and sales decline, businesses are also worried that the uncertainties of the business environment and the volatility of macroeconomic policies will affect their operations in 2013.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Vietnamese businesses had never before faced so many difficulties as in 2012. The stories about the enterprises incurring loss or getting bankrupt were so popular that they did not surprise anyone.

Jesse Campbell, the outstanding member of Christina Aguilera’s team in the second season of The Voice America arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5 to join the top 4 of The Voice Vietnam in the final competition on January 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The house is located in Trang Bang district, southern province of Tay Ninh, around 48km from Ho Chi Minh City. This bamboo house was offered for sale at the price of $1 million in the Wall Street Journal.

In 2012, the labor export industry did not reach the Government's target. It is forecast that in 2013, this sector will face more difficulty because of the freezing of the major markets and the intense competition in the markets for manual workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Staff recruitment in HCM City dropped by 2.9 per cent this year compared to 2011, according to the city's Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.