VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam on BBC has a rustic but fascinating beauty with rivers, mountains, sidewalk tea shops, street vendors and flows of motorbikes.

VietNamNet Bridge reviews the most outstanding sporting events of Vietnam in 2012.

Many employers lack funds for Tet bonuses; Auto, motorbike sellers; FDI disbursement to reach $10.5b; Booming e-commerce needs legal controls; Banks forced to revise targets; Low-rate plan to clear house stocks

 Dolphin-assisted therapy for children with mental disabilities has made a splash in the West, and China is now riding the experimental tide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, Vietnam will participate in the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games, to be hosted by the Republic of Korea (RoK) from January 29 to February 5 next year.

VietNamNet Bridge – With the difference in sex ratio at birth to 117 boys for every 100 girls, the central province of Quang Ngai is one of the 10 provinces and cities with the highest gender imbalance in Vietnam.

  Cold spell to hit northern provinces; Most kids' vaccines produced domestically; NGOs’ contributions to be honoured; Bishops conclude meeting; ASEAN system better

VietNamNet Bridge – Celebrities who were born in the 90s are now not inferior to their senior in the competition to renew their beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration should ban construction of bumulti-storeyed buildings in the city's core area to protect its architectural heritage, architects told a seminar late last week.

 A church in U.S. state Connecticut was evacuated Sunday because of an unspecified threat. The church was near the site of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting which had left 28 people dead.

A dramatic series on the life of Vietnamese patriot Phan Boi Chau will be co-produced by Viet Nam Television (VTV) and the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) to air next year

  16 best national tennis players compete in Vietravel Cup 2012; Petanque stars seal silvers at Asian Championships; Viet Nam shine at ASEAN University Games in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge - Over 75 percent of respondents said that the homosexuals have the right to pursue happiness, the right to adoption, but only 36 percent supported same-sex marriage.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to not re-appoint Deputy Minister of Health, Cao Minh Quang, who was appointed to this position for a term of 5 years from 2007.

 Italy's economic recovery is likely to begin in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, the central bank governor said on Sunday, urging any new government to continue reforms and cut red tape for businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered provincial and municipal People's Committees to re-examine the granting of permits for groundwater use.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book on legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap written by French philosopher Georges Boudarel has been translated into Vietnamese and released nationwide.

 A series of blasts rocked Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday night, killing at least 11 people and wounding 50 others, a local police source told Xinhua.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Nguyen Ngoc Dan depicts the corners of Ha Noi with tangled electric wires in Pho (Streets), an exhibition that opened last Friday, Dec 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang announced nine laws, three resolutions and one ordinance last Friday, Dec 14.

With the current export growth rate, the garment export turnover would be 13 billion dollars by 2020. However, with the Trans – Pacific Partnership agreement TPP, the figure would be as high as 22 billion dollars.

  Visiting Haitian PM looks to boost ties; Filipino fisherman handed over; Phu Quoc urged to become a special administrative EZ; Thai Senate’s Vice President visits HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - A family in the central province of Quang Binh while digging a foundation, discovered an ancient tomb with a stone stele engraved with five ancient Chinese characters, translated as "Princess Ly Kieu Oanh."

 Tokyo stocks soared 1.62 percent at the open on Monday after Japan's conservative opposition swept to victory in national polls, with promises from its leader to press for more central bank easing.

VietNamNet Bridge - Massive retreat of football investors in a short time has made Vietnamese football fall into a severe crisis.