VietNamNet Bridge – 2010 was a bright year for Vietnamese track-and-field athletes, with three silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Games won by Vu Thi Huong, Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Van Huyen.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attaches importance to its ties with Japan and wants to boost the strategic partnership between the two countries to a new height, said a Vietnamese senior government official.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will perform a Lunar New Year's Concert this Friday and Saturday night at the Ha Noi Opera House.

VN set for new sepak takraw cup; Badminton tourney set for March; FA Cup trophy to tour Viet Nam

The sharp dollar price increase, the input material price increases and foreseeable electricity and petroleum price rises are threatening businesses’ operations.

Despite the low demand, domestic paper producers still have decided to raise the sale prices. The enterprises that use printing papers, writing papers and newsprint cannot understand what is happening in the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Asian Green City Index 2011 released on February 14, Hanoi is listed in the group of “under average” cities for the green.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nestled on the bank of the Ngo Dong River in the northern province of Ninh Binh, the Co Vien Lau private museum presents an ancient Vietnamese village with unique architectural and cultural features.

VietNamNet Bridge – At  7 am of February 11, Hanoi police launched a campaign to punish people who don’t wear helmets while riding motorbikes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 12th National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 38th session in Hanoi Monday under the chairmanship of Party General Secretary and NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is going to launch its first national e-health plans this year, the Ministry of Health has said.

VietNamNet Bridge - India has stopped corn and soymeal exports to Vietnam after Hanoi rejected cargoes totaling 50,000 tons over fumigation issues, threatening to stoke food and feedstock prices in Asia.

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The central province of Thua Thien Hue will focus on developing four tourism products in preparation for the National Tourism Year 2012.

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 “It is good news that Vietnam’s national economy is recovering after a downturn, but I don’t think that the recent achievements are because we have successfully fixed the problems of the economy”, noted a senior expert.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of new born babies in HCM City in the first days of the new lunar year increased over the same period last year because the Year of Cat is considered a lucky year, doctors say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thu Duc District and District 9 have become the first two districts in HCM City to allocate police in each ward to deal with the recent series of incidents involving nails being scattered onto streets.

Spaniard Guim Teruel and his Vietnamese wife Nguyen Thuy Anh will make a tour around the world on solar bicycle, said the Spanish embassy in Hanoi on February 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – In rainy and cold weather, thousands of people through Thua Thien-Hue province went to Tam Giang lagoon to attend a boat race between nine teams on February 14.

Apple is reportedly designing a smaller iPhone in a bid to more directly challenge Google's Android-powered handsets.

VietnamNet Bridge – Many strange hairstyles have appeared at school in Hanoi after Tet. Educators have expressed their worries about the school environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Specific regulations on building housing in rural areas remain unavailable despite several policies on housing the State has adopted over the past years, industry insiders say.

VietNamNet Bridge - An anonymous man has promised to donate US$53,000 to the Vietnamese Writers’ Association for poetry-related activities.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to website boblinks.com, the US music legend Bob Dylan will sing at an international university in HCM City on April 10.