More than 2 million residents in the capital city start their new work hours on February 1 following a Government decision to stagger start times in a bid to ease traffic congestion during rush hour.

Brunei police have arrested a fishing vessel from central Binh Dinh province with nine fishermen on board due to fishing in its waters, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of historical objects and paintings from collections nationwide are on display at a new exhibition in Ha Noi.

Vietnam, which once had to rely on urea imports to develop agriculture, now can satisfy the domestic demand itself. Especially, it is considering exporting urea from this year.

An exhibition by photographer Nguyen Duy Phuong entitled “One Corner of France” will be on show at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi, from February 1-28.

VietNamNet Bridge – The weather in the 2011-2012 winter in the north is really anomalous if compared with the last winter, meteorological experts have said.

Many of them are holding the most important positions in the state agencies and businesses. Others, though living and working in foreign countries, still keep their Vietnamese nationality and keep serving the Vietnamese science.

Developing tourism products from sand, salt and rubbish, thus diversifying the current poor sea tourism products in Vietnam is the latest idea initiated by the scientists of the Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development STDe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Xuan Hai is known as a senior antique collector in the northern port city of Hai Phong. He is now the owner of a gold-inlaid pottery enterprise, which offers special products.

VietNamNet Bridge – Reasoning that Konstantin, General Director of Lanta Viet, abandoned Russian tourists in Binh Thuan; the Binh Thuan Tourism Association has asked police to ban this man from leaving Vietnam.

Journalists have enhanced their political role in reflecting the country’s actual situation, joining hands with the people to gain significant socio-economic achievements last year.

A lot of parents complain that their children have to receive a too big volume of knowledge every day.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has made public a report on Hanoi’s environment in 2011, which shows that the capital city’s air quality is reducing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Hanoi on Monday, Jan 30, caught 26-year-old Dang Minh Tuan carrying 10 ingots of gold, each weighing 1 kg, while failing to show any documents related to the gold.

The 19th English Premier League cup won by Manchester United will tour parts of Asia this year. 

Korean Air has commenced direct flights between Incheon International Airport in the South Korean city of Seoul and Vietnam’s central coastal city of Danang, which is the airline’s third destination in Vietnam.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said Monday that EU leaders at the summit called for clinching a deal between Greece and its lenders on cutting its debt by the end of the week.

A big capital volume is flowing into the banking sector, where a drastic restructuring process is taking place. However, experts have noted that the capital mostly has come from laymen, or the investors who are not keen on the finance and banking.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts did not visit or inspect any nuclear site in Iran during their three-day visit to the country, an unnamed source told the official IRNA news agency on Tuesday.

Can Tho City will revoke the licenses of foreign-invested projects that have been delayed for a long time, the municipal administration has announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2011 has passed with many events in all fields, which were reported lively by the local media.

The civil rights-era drama "The Help" took home the best ensemble cast in a motion picture, one of the top honors presented at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday.

The unemployment rate in the eurozone stayed at 10.4 percent in December 2011, unchanged compared with upwardly revised November figure, the European Union's (EU) statistical bureau Eurostat said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet captures the beauty of the northewestern region in spring.

Delta authorities detect huge amount of substandard fertilizers; Banks to reduce interest rates by 10 percent; Unseasonably low CPI rise bodes well for year ahead; Heads roll in wave of bank woes; Tax on plastic bags sends prices soaring