VietNamNet Bridge – Saigonese man Nguyen Dinh Ban has world the second prize at a computer case decorating competition held by Bit-Tech, an international IT forum.

NVIDIA, the computer chip manufacturer best known for its high performance graphics processors, is looking to make further inroads with the automobile industry by integrating its new Tegra 3 mobile processors in upcoming vehicle models.

Preliminary statistics show that travel firms have a “bumper crop” this Tet, despite the economic difficulties and high inflation. The number of travelers booking tours for Tet holiday has increased greatly.

A 34-year-old man from Hai Duong Province has been arrested for planting an explosive in a motorbike that later exploded, killing a woman and her 4-year-old daughter last December.

Having realized about the big interests of Japanese enterprises in Vietnam as a potential investment destination, local authorities have got ready to lure the investors from the sun rise country.

The Vietnamese Association in Laos held a meeting to celebrate the 2012 Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in Vientiane on January 15. 

University and junior college lecturers would get several million dong in Tet bonuses this year. Especially, a university offered the Tet bonus of 70 million dong.

People in the Central Highlands believe that when the gongs are played, there is an encounter between the human and spirit worlds, between the worlds of the living and the dead.

ASEAN Foreign Ministers have affirmed the bloc’s common stance on ensuring peace, stability and security in the East Sea as well as maritime safety and security.

A lot of import items can enjoy further tax cuts in 2102, while many of which bear the tax rate of zero percent under the Vietnam’s commitments in the free trade agreements FTAs.

VietNamNet Bridge – A report by Media Tenor 2011, an international media company, on Vietnam’s image on international television channels, shows that Vietnam has to exert effort to be mentioned by the international media.

Three people were confirmed dead and 40 were injured after a luxury cruise liner carrying over 4,200 passengers ran aground off the Italian coast on Friday night, local media reported on Saturday.

The dragon has been a long time symbol of loyalty and power in Vietnamese culture and spiritual life. The sacred creature deeply influences people's activities, particularly royalty of the past.

Experts say economy vulnerable this year; Local businesses allowed to import 2,100 tonnes of gold; Cbank to evaluate local banks credit rating; Ministry initiates securities companies restructuring; Government bans mineral ores exports

A Visa survey on world travel in 2011 indicates 24% of international tourists who plan to visit Vietnam in the coming time come from Singapore and Thailand.

This is the major goal set by more than 200 chief executive officials (CEOs) from governmental agencies, ministries, local and foreign businesses and investment funds at an ongoing international forum in Hanoi.

The cost of a seat for watching fireworks on the Lunar New Year’s Eve is 500,000 dong, which is twice as expensive the last year’s level. However, a lot of people are still rich enough to book the seats at the restaurants around the Hoan Kiem Lake.

Inspectors in 2011 discovered economic violations worth more than VND8.5 trillion (US$408 million) through 75,600 inspections in State and socio-economic management.

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 7 of 33 years ago, Vietnamese volunteer army and Cambodian revolutionary armed forces together liberated Cambodia, saving this country from genocide.

The United States, Japan and South Korea will hold a trilateral dialogue in Washington next Tuesday on the recent developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the U.S. State Department announced on Thursday.

National excellent students are the best students of the nations who deserve to be gloried. However, in many cases, students have to pay a too “heavy price” for their achievements.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung confirmed that Vietnam is determined to build nuclear power plants, otherwise the country will be in serious shortage of power.

In 2011, the Electricity of Vietnam EVN incurred the loss of 3500 billion dong instead of 11 trillion dong as previously forecast. Analysts said that the low cost electricity from hydropower plants really have “rescued EVN.”

The virus surveillance system of BKAV, a well known network security solution provider in Vietnam, said that about 64.2 million computers in Vietnam were infected with viruses in 2011, which meant that 175,000 computers got viruses every day.

An Israeli company has developed a system that scans the brain and provides a three dimensional image of the nerve cell connectivity to treat brain diseases like Alzheimer's or HDHD.