After two days of examination, Quang Ninh has become the first province in Vietnam sucessufully choosing the Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communication and the Head of the Management Board of Ha Long Bay from 11 candidates.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

The Standing Committee of Hai Phong City Party Committee has decided to transfer Mr. Bui The Nghia--Party Secretary of Tien Lang District, to the post of Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Hai Phong.

The International Federation of Football History & Statisticshas announced the ranking the world's top leagues in 2012. Accordingly, La Liga took the lead, while Vietnam's V-League ranked 87th in the world and third in Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge – With the theme “Vietnam’s Heart,” the Nguyen Hue flower road in HCM City will highlight the idea of popularity and the country’s position.

 President Barack Obama warned Republicans against using the debt ceiling as a "bargaining chip," saying a failure to raise it would sow financial chaos and send markets into a tailspin.

VietNamNet Bridge - From July 2011 to April 2012, a family from HCM City produced about 100 kg of narcotics in the southern province of Long An to sell to drug addicts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pre-tax profits of Vietcombank and VietinBank, two large banks with majority State ownership, rose slightly in 2012 despite tough challenges facing the banking industry.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 100 people from 12 famous calligraphy clubs throughout the country grouped up in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau on January 12.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi officials have asked relevant bodies to decorate the streets by Khue Van Cac symbols during the lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

VietNamNet Bridge – Blocking their way, holding back, clinging to purchase goods everywhere are the problems of foreign visitors in Ho Chi Minh City for many years.

VietNamNet Bridge - In a press conference on the afternoon of January 14, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) vice chairman Nguyen Lan Trung confirmed that coach Hoang Van Phuc the interim coach of the national football squad.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music albums are a hot item at this time of year and unclicensed businesses are taking advantage of a largely unregulated market, reports the magazine Thoi Trang Tre (Young Fashion).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vocational training will be offered to 600,000 rural employees this year under a national project that ends in 2020, according to the General Department of Vocational Training.  

 US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday urged Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit as Democrats and Republicans battle over the federal budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – TV stations will continue to hold the lion’s share of the advertising market in Vietnam this year as TV is still the most popular medium and most effective advertising vehicle.

VietNamNet Bridge – The students, who follow economics related majors, would have to pay 100 percent of tuitions, if a project being considered by the Ministry of Education & Training and Finance comes true.

The State Bank of Vietnam successfully eased the interest rates in 2012 in order to make it easier for businesses to access bank loans. However, there is always the other side of a coin.

The Soc Trang Province People's Court early this week opened the appellate court for a defendant who asked the My Tu District People’s Court to pay compensation of VND500 million ($25,000) for its wrongful verdict.

 Fallen cycling hero Lance Armstrong personally apologized Monday to staff members of the Livestrong cancer charity ahead of an interview with talk show diva Oprah Winfrey.

Inspectors of the Vietnam Environmental Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment last Saturday proposed the HCMC authorities fine 25 local entities for violating environmental protection laws

VietNamNet Bridge - A multidimensional Hanoi is portrayed by 13 artists in a variety of styles and materials in the ongoing exhibition at Art Talk Café, 12 Quan Su, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – In previous years, fixed line services brought high revenue to the national telecom group VNPT. But nowadays, it incurs the loss of trillions of dong from the services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Polish-American pianist Anna Kijanowaska will come on stage for one night only at the Youth Theater, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on January 23.

The number of lawsuits for safeguard measures against Vietnamese export items are believed to increase in 2013. Wooden furniture and cashew nuts may be the next defendants in the lawsuits.