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.

Though meeting big difficulties in doing business now, the Vietnamese businessmen distributing branded goods still have reasons to hope in a brighter future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat, Vietnam’s professional basketball team, will compete in the 2013 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Championship.

2012 was an unlucky year of the Vietnamese education, when a lot of incidents occurred.

When raising the dam elevation by one more meter, the Song Con 2 hydropower plant expects to earn 10 billion dong more a year. However, hundreds of households have shouted for help because they have lost land.

Nguyen Trong Khoa, who is well known as the “domain name baron,” may be sued by Eurowindow as a blackmailer.

VietNamNet Bridge – A paradox exists that tour fees have decreased sharply in the Tet high tourism season. However, the tour fee reductions still cannot help stimulate demand.

Experts believe that consumer finance would witness a boom in 2013, when there are all favorable conditions for the market to develop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both smuggling and violence on trains are increasing, and the problems will only get worse as the Tet festival approaches, warns the Viet Nam Railway Corporation.

Revenue from retail and services up 16%; VN eyes $7-bln investment in Laos; Hanoi: 8.1 percent economic growth; Auto registration fee cuts seen not steep enough; VNPost looks for express delivery

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rising wages in Vietnam are prompting many foreign investors in labour-intensive industries to look to other countries with cheaper labour cost to make investments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to prevent and control the import of alien species of flora and fauna into the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) negotiated with coach Hoang Anh Tuan and the results obtained made both happy.

VietNamNet Bridge - After actress Ly Nha Ky completed the mission of the 2012 Tourism Ambassador, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is seeking nominees for the Tourism Ambassador 2013 position.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of lights are on to welcome tourists to the food stalls and eateries on either side of Vo Thi Sau Street when darkness pervades Phu Quoc Island.

VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran cyclist Nguyen Nam Cuc has announced his retirement after 17 years of racing. 

VietNamNet Bridge – On December 29-30, the Vietnam Dog Show 2012 was held by the Vietnam Kennel Association (VKA) at the Phu Tho Sports House in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The winter weather is increasingly harsh, but it cannot stop the flow of people from the countryside to the capital to do anything to earn some money for the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of medicines have been suspended from circulation or had their registration number revoked for quality violation. Notably, most of the medicines are produced in Vietnam and India.