VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty Vietnamese athletes who have suffered from injuries received financial support of VND900 million (US$45,000) from the Fund for Vietnamese Athletes, which was launched yesterday, Jan 5.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Party Committee and municipal administration need to enhance their leadership role in fighting corruption, a top official said on Wednesday.

Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange further hiked on Thursday, extending the metal's rally into the fourth trading day, as a weaker euro spurred buying of gold.

Ultrabook laptop, quad core chip tablet PC, the PCs using Windows 8 operation system, smart phones using Android 4.0 operation system are believed to be the most wanted hi-tech products in Vietnam in 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – A unique poetry book made by calligrapher Tran Quoc An is expected to be recognised by the Guinness Book of Viet Nam.

The year 2011 has ended, but the fierce debate between the two powerful Ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance has not finished yet. Every ministry still insists on its viewpoint on the petroleum pricing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recruitment demand among companies and enterprises in HCM City is not likely to increase in the first two months of this year compared to the same period last year,

A man and his family members in Hai Phong City, who acted against a forced removal decision yesterday, shot and injured six police officers who were executing the decision to withdraw 40 hectares of land from the family for an airport project.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will appoint Tourism Police to look after the security of travellers in the region, according to the HCM City People's Committee on Wednesday.

Travel agencies providing international tourism services this year may have to pay a deposit twice the current VND250 million, according to a draft decree to be enacted by the Government soon.

The Cairo Criminal Court continued the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and ten others on Thursday, with prosecutors demanding Mubarak being sentenced with death penalty for killing of protestors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Truc, Miss Jewelry 2011, stated to sue anyone who says that she paid tens of thousands of USD to buy the crown without showing any proof.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers in Chau Thanh A district in the southern province of Hau Giang are “shocked” because the local education and training department asked them to contribute one day of salary for the year-end firework show.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Communication Security Agency is working on the first-ever case in Vietnam, in which three people are accused of illegally trading personal information.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Vice Chair cum Chair of Eximbank Le Hung Dung said that this bank may withdraw from the Super League if the TV right dispute is not solved.

VietNamNet Bridge – Posing themselves as businessmen, a gang of sharpers in HCM City traveled around Vietnam to seek victims who are rich men. The gang staged to extort money from victims, totaling hundreds of billion VND or millions of USD.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed to strengthen U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region despite fiscal constraints.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh and Singaporean Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan co-chaired the sixth political consultation in Singapore on Thursday.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said here on Thursday that the Islamic republic of Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with G5+1 (five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany).

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration is determined to stop flooding at 10 of 31 spots in the city by the end of the year.

The debate about the limits on the expenses on marketing and ads still continues. This is the problem which has been “pending” for the longest time at the Vietnam Business Forum.

VietNamNet Bridge – The atmosphere of Tet holiday has covered Hai Thuong Lan Ong in District 5, the street of Chinese-origin people in HCM City.

A delegation of the National Assembly led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong, paid a working visit to China from January 4-8 at the invitation of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress.

Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday after a strong rally on previous trading day, as U.S. economic data provided solid support.

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, planned to build a semiconductor plant in China to produce NAND flash memory chips based on 10- nanometer class technology, the economy ministry said Wednesday.