Vietnamese consumer confidence stands at 99 points for the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of three points against the previous quarter.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a new circular stipulating a road fee for the HCM City – Trung Luong Highway in which the maximum charge for a container truck may reach VND320,000 (US$15).

The unsatisfactory result FDI in the first quarter of 2011should be seen as an early warning about the urgency of the new measures to more effectively attract FDI in 2012.

Amazon announced a license agreement deal with global media company Viacom on Wednesday, bracing up further to compete in the booming streaming video market.

Students complain that their daily activities have been disordered because of the changes in the working and learning hours. They lack time for having meals, sleeping and resting.

VietNamNet Bridge – Blood reserves at the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion is not enough for one-day treatment. Therefore, a blood donation festival will be held on the occasion of the Valentine Day (February 14).

Forestry, fishery exports to hit $40b by 2020; Trade deficit hits $100m in January; Analysts savour seafood shares; Difficult to lower short-term lending rates of interest; Difficult to lower short-term lending rates of interest 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Professional Football (VPF), which runs the two professional football leagues of Vietnam, has proposed to name the national championship as V-Super League but the proposal is not approved.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a week of the adjustment, Hanoi authorities have received a lot of negative feedbacks about the impacts of this adjustment on the school students.

Thailand fell behind Vietnam in rice exports in January when it only shipped nearly 387,750 tonnes, about 13,000 tonnes less than Vietnam, according to its English newspaper The Nation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Petr G. Shchedrovitsky, advisor of the General Director of Russia’s state-owned Rosatom atomic energy group, said that the design of reactor of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant satisfies the highest safety standards.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Aquaculture Union Branch of Tien Lang district has asked the PM to request a punishment on seven more staff of Tien Lang district and Vinh Quang commune.

Health experts warned on Wednesday that Norway is facing an outbreak of influenza A, which is caused by a new strain of virus known as H3N2.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 10th Vietnamese Poetry Day 2012 attracted thousands of visitors, including many foreigners.

Seafood exports to the EU have been slowing down due to the public debt crisis in the region. However, the US and South American markets have “rescued” Vietnam’s tra fish.

VietNamNet Bridge – The movie that stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, who is nominated as the Best Actress at Oscar 2012, will not be screened at Vietnamese cinemas as of March 2, as schedule.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has had only two H5N1 influenza patients in the last two years and both of them are dead. Thus, the H5N1 epidemic has returned, remarked Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting on February 7.

Goethe-Institut Hanoi to host 'Street-Front Houses' exhibition; DJ Alex Milan to perform in Vietnam; Laos, Vietnam signs MoU on TV cooperation; Indonesia, Vietnam to make Kung Fu movie; Future of top Vietnamese satirical TV show in doubt

VietNamNet Bridge – The situation is easing at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City and neighbouring Dong Nai Province, with most workers returning for work after Tet (Lunar New Year).

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced proposed regulations to prevent Americans from dodging taxes through foreign accounts.

Coming to Danang, you should not miss My Khe Beach, located about six kilometres east of Danang and 24 kilometres north of Hoi An.

VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever a new year comes, Vietnamese go to pagodas to wish for a lucky year. Pagodas are hallowed places, but one can see many offensive things there.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gas and petrol stations located near residential areas in big cities continue to threaten locals' health and safety, despite last year's deadly gas explosions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi initiative to give descriptions of the nation's most notable heroes in Vietnamese on street plaques has met with the general approval of local residents, but left foreigners befuddled.

The Ha Noi People's Committee yesterday approved a VND1.2 trillion proposal for Ha Noi Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco) to operate 49 additional city bus routes, including five routes exclusively serving municipal employees.