Local residents who have been living together with the forests, considering the forests as their homes, still devastate the forests. It’s because they need land for agricultural production.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have started to clampdown on drivers that break traffic laws in an effort to ensure public order and traffic safety during the lunar New Year festival, which falls on February 10. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 5.03 percent in 2012, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) in a press briefing in Hanoi on December 24.

Ninety percent of locally-made computers were found as not meeting the Radio Frequency Department in 2011, while the percentage has decreased to 50 percent, according to the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many of her peers are blind to corruption. But 21-year-old Nguyen Thi Diem, a student in Ha Noi, is trying to lead a truthful life.

While the banks from Europe and US keep quiet at this moment, Japanese have been hunting for Vietnamese banks’ shares.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Second National Magic Festival will confound crowds from Friday in Ha Noi featuring some of the most baffling illusionists from across the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Amid increasing fears about food safety, Viet Nam aims to cut the contamination rate of plant-origin products by 10 per cent next year,

ADB grants $251m loans to Viet Nam; HCM City districts call for delayed projects to be cancelled; Agro-forestry and aquatic exports earn US$27.5 billion; Foreign direct investment pledges go down

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam might not fulfill this year’s FDI attraction target of US$15 billion due to a recent decline. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly two months trapped in the port of Kolkata, India, the crew of Cai Lan 4 ship sent a letter home to ask for help, but Vinashinlines leaders could not help and told them to wait.

 Japan assists Vietnam in vocational training; Early intervention can prevent HIV spread; Woman seized for absconding with funds; Police seize expired cosmetic products

  Vietnamese child performs in Australian music show; All-star charity concert to raise funds for disabled; American jazz singer set for Ha Noi hotel residency; Book paints picture of famed Hue artist

VietNamNet Bridge - In order to increase revenues, reduce budget subsidies, from January 1, 2013, the bus fare in Ho Chi Minh City will increase by VND1,000 dong per turn.

  Ha Noi hold on to retain HCM City futsal title; Ninh Binh's Farias gains Vietnamese citizenship; Nam stops at Abierto Juvenil Mexicano; Dung claims Motorcross Challenge crown

Tens of cashew nut exporters incur losses, while the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas) has fallen into complete mess. It’s still unclear about the future of the Vietnam’s cashew industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viettel corporation, the nation's largest telecom, has surpassed rival VNPT Group in earnings for the first time, according to reports released by Viettel yesterday, Dec 25.

Smart phone shipments to Viet Nam reached an all-time high in third quarter of this year, with local vendors grabbing a significant amount of market share, according to the latest IDC Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rescue teams yesterday, Dec 25, successfully saved five sailors from Myanmar stuck on a Malaysian oil tanker that ran aground just 300m off the Thua Thien – Hue coast.  

On December 25, the Centre for Conservation of Ho Dynasty Citadel World Heritage said that the center staff had discovered an ancient quarry located near Xuan Dai mountains, about 5km to the south of the Ho Dynasty Citadel.

 China started service Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network.

VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Ba Be district, Bac Kan province, have prosecuted and arrested seven people who were involved in chopping down ancient trees in the Ba Be National Park.

  Measures to boost Vietnam-Japan ties discussed; HCM City marks VN – RoK diplomatic ties; Lao leader arrives today on state visit; President calls for further VN-Laos court cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge - Valuable and important works of Vietnam’s contemporary art were recently displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. This is a collection of a Thai artist, Tira Vanichtheeranont.

VietNamNet Bridge - With winds of 62-74 km/h, typhoon Wukong is entering the Eat Sea, at a speed of 20-25 km/h. The storm is likely to affect the Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) and the provinces from Ca Mau to Khanh Hoa.