No investment capital from the states, but a lot of non-state science institutions show that they have been operating very well and they are in no way inferior to the organizations funded by the State.

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts believe that Starbucks coffee in Vietnam would be closer to the Starbucks coffee in India rather than to China.

The amended corporate income tax law, which will be submitted to the Government this month and forwarded to the National Assembly in May, contains a provision that will help real estate investors offset their losses.

MOET has rung the red alarm over some training majors, warning about the oversupply of the labor force in the fields. However, consultancy experts believe that they cannot see the oversupply in any business fields.

In the next 10 years, urban areas would remain the potential destinations for foreign luxurious products, especially cars and beauty products.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Thien will take part in the Australian Open juniors on January 19-26 in Melbourne, a Group A event. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – DARA International, an organization specializing in research on environment monitoring, announced in a report that Vietnam had become even more vulnerable to climate change in 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Commenting about the deal of Vietinbank, one of the Vietnamese biggest commercial bank, sells stakes to The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), the Vietnamese bank has obtained big gains.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added then singing and the long tong festival – two typical cultural features of the Tay ethnic minority groups in the north – to the list of national intangible cultural heritage.

 Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by as much as one-third, researchers reported Monday in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has had a rich and diverse ecosystem of mangrove forests, which were mostly destroyed in the past. In recent years, thanks to a national strategy these mangrove forests have been restored.

VietNamNet Bridge – They are only 20-23 years old, beautiful, good at martial arts, proficiency in using a variety of guns. That is the portrait of the first 32 female policewomen of the task force of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of telephone and Internet subscribers has posted slow growth last year as shown by a recent report of the General Statistics Office (GSO) but the information is doubted. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A resolution on "vote of confidence" procedures relating to officials elected or approved by the National Assembly or People's Councils is expected to be adopted at the 14th meeting of the NA Standing Committee,

VietNamNet Bridge - Located to the north of the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district (Khanh Hoa province), Nam Yet Island is the home to papaya and coconut, which are planted by soldiers.

 Heavy snow that blanketed eastern Japan over the holiday weekend left one man dead and injured 900 others, as Tokyo commuters on Tuesday took to the slippery streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both vehicle owners and fee collectors are encountering difficulties in the past nearly two weeks since road-use fees were imposed on all motor vehicles.

  Dr Kim Hong awarded First Mrs. World; Vietnamese Week promises exhibitions and excitement; Hoi An Lantern Festival to light up Lunar New Year nights; Vietnam Week in Italy

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Agency has stated that the victory of “Chiec Khan Pieu” (Pieu Scarf) at the 2012 Favorite Song competition is completely fair and clear.

 Oracle on Monday was distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous that the US Department of Homeland Security said that people should stop using it.

 Decree aims to help human trafficking victims; Prospects for labour export; Girl wins wildlife protection award; Hospital offers free cancer treatment

  Defence delegation meets US counterparts; Opportunities for Vietnam-Italy cooperation; Party head to visit European partners; Meeting marks Vietnam-UK diplomatic ties anniversary

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on January 13 visited missile battalion 64 of the Air and Air Defence Force’s Division 361 calling on officers and soldiers to stay prepared for combat in any situation.

A lot of huge projects which were halted due to the foreign investors’ financial problems, have been restarted, which is believed to help warm up the national economy.

Recent activities by the Chinese side have seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction in the East Sea and Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos,