VietNamNet Bridge – Greater awareness among employees and employers and heavier punishments for violations are needed to improve work place safety in the country, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Millions of Vietnamese people, expats and foreign travelers have welcomed the 2012 Lunar New Year.

On the threshold of the second Vietnam Rice Festival which took place in November 2011, the National Office for Intellectual Property (NOIP) granted the certificate to the “Soc Trang fragrance rice” trademark.

All the stoves were burning as Muoi Xiem, or Nguyen Thi Xiem, made delicious and hot banh xeo (Vietnamese crepe) for visitors at the first traditional cake festival in Can Tho City on January 16.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), State President Truong Tan Sang extended his New Year's greetings to people throughout the country:

The estimates for Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January were just a 1% increase against December 2011.

On Monday afternoon, most gold shops on Phan Dinh Phung Street in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City raised quoted prices to VND45 million per tael.

Twelve Russian painters belonging to Sunny Square, an international association of artists, are organising an exhibition of their works at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Dang Thi Hon believes reading brings enlightenment, which is why, since 2009, she has devoted her spare time to distributing books to the needy. 

The Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) has urged Vietnamese enterprises to register for .vn domain names to avoid business problems in the future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pepsi once witnessed the prosperous development in Vietnam with the advantage of the pioneer on the market. However, this does not mean that it has successfully dislodged Coca from its position in Vietnam.

Apple Inc. announced here on Thursday that it will launch iBooks 2 digital textbook software to bring interactive textbooks to elementary and high school students on the iPads.

The country’s recently announced statistics showed that the economy this year has run into more problems than in previous years.

Although indoor rock-climbing has recently been introduced to Hanoi by the Vietclimb Club, it has quickly attracted the participation of a large number of young people in the capital thanks to its great health benefits. 

The surveys carried out within the framework of the projects on finance education for students have shown surprising things about how Vietnamese students spend money.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Transport Co-operatives Union has put into operation five buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG), making it the second company in the country to provide environmentally friendly buses.

The restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is one of the key projects assigned to the Ministry of Finance by the Government. Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue spoke with Viet Nam News Agency about the project.

Nguyen Van Tuan, head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), talked about plans to promote the new slogan and the local tourism industry.

Le Thi Hoang Ngoc on January 19 became the second shooter after Hoang Xuan Vinh to bag an official ticket to compete at the Olympic Games in London this summer.

Australian scientists on Saturday said they discovered genes are responsible for 40 percent of our lifetime intelligence with the other 60 percent being determined by our environment.

The recent moves by big foreign groups to set up research and development (R&D) centers in Vietnam may kick off a new trend which turns Vietnam into a new R&D center of the world.

The SSC will restructure the stock market in 2012 focusing on financial mediation, the commodities market, investment needs and securities companies. Economists believe that the restructure is necessary to revitalize the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several bear farms in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City still cater to South Korean tourists who buy fresh bile taken from live animals despite a clamp down.

Denmark officially launched the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between generations at a conference here Wednesday.

The northern region of Viet Nam has been experiencing an unusual winter, allegedly a result of La Nina, experts say.