VietNamNet Bridge – Expensive Kobe beef sold in Viet Nam was either illegally imported or not the real deal, director of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department Hoang Van Nam has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – A foreign-invested enterprise in Ho Chi Minh City will pay a New Year bonus of VND700 million (US$33,300) per employee this year, the highest rate among the businesses that have announced their bonus plans,

The Vietnam Banking Card Association has predicted that about 40 million cards would be issued by December 31, 2011.

The Palace Museum unveiled a monitoring center Monday that will coordinate the management of cultural heritage and provide a systematic database for the protection of the museum.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Football Federation general secretary Tran Quoc Tuan has resigned and the search is now on for a replacement.

VietNamNet Bridge – Friends gathering for a cup of coffee is the theme of a writing and photography contest dubbed Coffee on a Winter's Morning, which opened today, Dec 27, for coffee lovers and artists alike.

Nui Chua National Park in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan is considered “a desert” thanks to its dry conditions and low rainfall.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened in Hanoi on Dec. 26, to discuss fundamental and important issues.

HCM City's Le Van Duan won the second stage of the ADC-Vinh Long television international men's cycling tournament yesterday, Dec 26, with Vinh Long's cyclist Bui Minh Thuy keeping the overall lead with four hours 41 seconds.

As per the request by the State Bank of Vietnam, commercial banks have to mobilize capital at the interest rates no higher than 14 percent per annum. However, the lending interest rates still have been kept sky high at over 20 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman who lost both her kidneys by mistake in an operation at Can Tho General Hospital early this month has been offered one from a man with the same blood group.

A teenager was stabbed to death in one of the busiest streets in downtown London on Monday, the traditional Boxing Day, while another man was injured in a similar case later in the afternoon.

Here under are Vietnam’s top ten events in 2011 selected by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA):

VietNamNet Bridge – From the first to the third day of the lunar New Year 2012, all relics in the complex of Hue ancient citadel will open for free.

The Vietnamese PC market in the third quarter grew 13.1 per cent compared with the second quarter and 16.1 per cent over the same period last year, according to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) report.

Tom Cruise's latest film remained possibly the only bright spot against a slow and soft Christmas movie box office, as "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," rebound from last weekend's No. 3 to edge out Robert Downy Jr's vehicle

A lot of schools in big cities have opened high quality training programs which exist together with the normal training programs. Of course, the high quality programs require high tuitions.

Haiti began to rescue survivors from the shipwreck of a ship with Haitian illegal immigrants in Cuban waters, in which at least 40 people died, Haitian authorities said on Sunday.

Responding to the Hanoi and HCM City authorities’ decision to raise the car ownership registration tax, commencing from January 1, 2012, automobile joint ventures have commented that the Vietnamese policies abandon manufacturers.

China's largest rail vehicle maker, CSR Corp. Ltd, over the weekend launched its first test train that features speeds reaching up to 500 km per hour.

A helicopter crashed on Monday in the U.S. state of Florida, killing two medical employees on board and the pilot.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of December 26, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) welcomed the six millionth foreign visitor of the year in Ha Long City of the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Loss-making firms begin to report profits; Tra fish exports to EU decrease slightly; New terminal in Da Nang airport; Imported beer trumps as favorite Tet gift; A challenging year for SMEs; Industrial production slows down  

VietNamNet Bridge – Using time-lapse technique, Thu Thiem tunnel which runs under the Saigon River, the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia, looks fanciful.