VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport's Inspectorate on Tuesday asked the HCM City Department of Transport to revoke the licences of two companies that were inspected recently.

Vietnam's top player Nguyen Tien Minh has risen to the seventh place in the Badminton World Federation rankings.

Vietnam’s top leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages with their Chinese counterparts to mark the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries (January 18).

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the northern province of Nam Dinh announced plans to improve public order at Tran Temple, where a scrabble for papers stamped with the holy royal seal led to a stampede last year.

An agreement was signed between the Ministry of National Defence and the Austrian Government in Ha Noi yesterday on the provision of a project to upgrade ministry-run vocational training schools with funding from Austria.

VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's first experimental photography contest was officially launched yesterday, Jan 18, by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to encourage photographers to experiment with their art.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 15-year-old boy from the southern province of Kien Giang, who tended ducks in Can Tho City, died of H5N1 flu after having temperature and treating himself with medicine.

Laos' leading mobile operator Star Telecom said it posted a revenue of US$110 million last year, an increase of 80 per cent over 2010.

The plan to change office and school hours in Hanoi, from February 1, 2012, faced doubts from delegates at a meeting held by the municipal Department of Transport on January 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a guiding decree on aeroplane seizure procedures, following an ordinance issued by the National Assembly Standing Committee 12 months ago.

Having the bad debt ratios increasing and the market share decreasing, operating in a risky legal framework are the real situation of finance leasing companies nowadays.

This year the Vietnamese government had announced the Tet holiday schedule much earlier, prompting people to rush to book tours, with   travel agencies having less time to prepare for a variety of interesting tours. 

The Foreign Ministry of Thailand has officially confirmed that 10 crewmembers of fishing vessel CM 99219 TS which sank in the Gulf of Thailand earlier this month were arrested by a Royal Thai naval ship.

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

VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of the Go Dua Intersection, including a kilometre-long road leading to the unused Go Dua Flyover, was completed in Thu Duc District in HCM City's northern entry point yesterday, Jan 18, and opened to traffic.

VietNamNet Bridge – With just a few days to go for Tet, the usual hustle and bustle associated with the Lunar New Year is missing at traditional markets and shops on the outskirts of HCM City.

International experts have called on governments to restore public trust in nuclear energy because nuclear power will be a critical source of energy in the future, particularly for emerging Asian economies such as Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – While most students have returned to their home villages to celebrate Tet with families, a lot of other students still stay in Hanoi, because they have to work to get money to spend on Tet days.

A price spike in almost all services from hotels to transport and restaurants and a higher exchange rate at hotels than the official level have sent the cost of inbound tourism surging.

To create a unique product for Tet, farmer Tran Thanh Liem in Binh Thuy District, Can Tho City has made hundreds of watermelons in the shapes of gold nugget and Mercedes-Benz car.

VietNamNet Bridge – The discovery about Irrawaddy dolphins has raised a new hope for the rare marine mammal, which is called the "soul of the Mekong".

A lifelike Steve Jobs action figure will not be sold due to immense pressure from Apple's lawyers and the late CEO's family, according to foreign media reports Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three Vietnamese workers aboard the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which sank just off an Italian island, have been confirmed safe by the Vietnamese Embassy there.

The Ministry of Transport will build a new airport in Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would explore ways to strengthen its firepower to combat global economic risks, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, said on Tuesday.