The demand for part-time domestic helpers in big cities such as Hanoi has soared during the run up to Tet, and the cost of hiring help has sky-rocketed as well.

An unexpected aerial bomb from World War II was found at the city center site Thursday, leading to the postponement of the daily medals ceremony at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

VietNamNet Bridge – Workers in the finance, banking and insurance receive the highest average salaries in the country, according to the latest survey by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on a redoubling of efforts in restructuring State-owned enterprises (SoEs).

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, paid some 330 million U.S. dollars for healthcare incidents in Fukushima, the first compensation from TEPCO, according to local media Thursday.

With good designs, high quality and reasonable prices, Vietnamese porcelain products have gradually regained the home market which was once dominated by Chinese products.

Travel agents offering outbound services will have to double their collateral deposit at banks to VND500 million (US$23,800) against the current rate, according to a draft decree on revising regulations of the Law on Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The shortened list of the Best Foreign Film of the Oscar 2012 does have Vietnamese movie “Khat Vong Thang Long” (Thang Long Aspiration).

VietNamNet Bridge – The city of Ha Noi evolved quickly from the period of French colonisation, from an oriental-style urban centre to a modern city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coach and railway stations are overloaded several days before the lunar New Year or Tet when hundreds of thousands of people leave Hanoi to their hometowns. Bellows are photos grasped at stations and on the road.

The Ministry of Finance has transferred VND30 billion to the National Administration of Sports and Physical Training to award Vietnamese medal winners in the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and Para Games before Tet.

Spring Flower Festival 2012 kicks off in HCMC; Hoi An to host traditional events for Tet; HCMC rings in year of Dragon with fireworks; President Ho Chi Minh exhibition opens in Thanh Hoa; Vietnamese water puppetry play debuts in Paris  

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of passengers using HCM City's Mien Dong and Mien Tay coach stations has increased to 60,000 and 55,000 a day, respectively, according to the stations' management boards.

The HCM City Department of Health convened an urgent meeting to discuss preventative measures after 5 people were rushed to hospital for blood poisoning caused by brain inflammation and 36 others tested positive for meningitis bacterium.  

Images from the development of the Hanoi urban centre from 1873-1945 are on display at the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre.

Can Tho City People’s Procuracy has dismissed the ‘slush fund’ case against Tran Ngoc Suong, former head of the Song Hau Farm, according to a recent decision.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people are buying mai (ochna) plants and different species of evergreen house plants for temporary use for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

They chose the bicycle as the means to make long journeys through many places all over the country to spread the message of protecting the environment. Four programs have been organized, attracting thousands of young people.

Investment consultants have reported the vigorous wave of Japanese investors coming to Vietnam to buy Vietnamese companies.

More than 7,000 websites including Wikipedia are blacking out their websites on Wednesday to protest the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act, the latest move from Silicon Valley to take on Hollywood

A water-run power generator has been invented. This is not a prestidigitation, but a scientific invention.

Vietnam considers the US as one of its leading partners and wants to bring the two countries’ relations to a new height, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The sharp falls of the stock prices have made businesses understand the complexity of the finance market and prompted them to sell stocks to restructure their investment portfolios.

Researchers in Germany have found a cheap and easy way to synthesize anti-malaria drug in large quantities from waste materials, said the Max Planck Society on Tuesday.

The country’s leaders met on Jan. 19 at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.