The 21 performers who danced the One Thousand Hands Buddha are admired by the Chinese people because they succeeded in spite of being deaf.

VietNamNet Bridge – A trap of iron nails spread on the road makes some major roads in HCM City dangerous for travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Canada-based Olympus Pacific has announced to invest an additional $25 million in gold mining projects in Vietnam, $75 million less than its commitment last year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The elections of deputies to the National Assembly and representatives to the people’s council at all levels offer the people an opportunity to exercise their constitutional rights.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Ministry of Defense denies the information that Vietnam has sent three military officers to join the Cobra Gold military exercises in Thailand, the largest drill in Southeast Asia.

Early Tuesday morning, police officers in five countries took action against a number of sophisticated criminal networks involved in the smuggling of illegal immigrants, mainly of Vietnamese origin.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Russian professor has proposed the Vietnamese novel “Cô gái đến từ hôm qua” (The girl comes from yesterday) be included in official curricula at the Moscow State University.

The three largest mobile networks in Vietnam said that the telecom market has become saturated. This year they will not concentrate on attracting new subscribers but develop services and increase the profit.

VietNamNet Bridge – Families of State employees presently occupying an average house area of more than 5sq.m per person will now be eligible to buy a low-income house, according to a draft plan covering the period from 2011 to 2020.

VietNamNet reviews some outstanding faces who brought fames to Vietnam in various fields in 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 foreign tourists on three international cruise ships arrived in Nha Trang City on February 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan spoke to a Vietnam News Agency reporter about solutions to develop key laboratories.

VietNamNet Bridge – Power cuts will start next Tuesday across Viet Nam in a bid to cope with the country's electricity crisis, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Department of Health to appoint a new board of directors for the city's Preventive Health Centre after an inspection uncovered violations of Health Ministry regulations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have started to clamp down on drivers breaking traffic laws in an attempt to improve post-Tet traffic. A total of 288 people were killed and 359 injured in traffic accidents during the lunar new year festival.

VietNamNet Bridge –  Transportation authorities in HCM City plan to reduce the number of large buses and introduce smaller ones so that they can navigate crowded streets more easily.

VietNamNet Bridge – The pressure of workers not returning after the year's biggest holiday, Tet (Lunar New Year), is posing a serious problem for labour-intensive enterprises.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) on Wednesday released TouchPad, its first tablet computer.

Party leader Trong announces Central Committee Secretariat; Laos publishes Ho Chi Minh Thought book; Congratulations conveyed to new Nepali Prime Minister; Letter of condolence sent after death of former Fijian president

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite stiff competition from entertainment centres, Vietnamese-made films attracted big crowds at cinemas in HCM City and Ha Noi during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh spoke to the website VnExpress about economic prospects for the year and the latest efforts to keep a lid on inflation.

A total of seven people were killed and 80 others were wounded in bomb attacks across the country on Wednesday, including three car bombings in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Wednesday released former councilor Marcos Baquero, one of the five hostages it had promised to free.

First snow fell in Beijing Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning. It was the latest first snow for the city in 60 years.

A/H1N1 flu in Viet Nam not serious; Illegal firecrackers kill 54, injure 11,440 over holidays; Foot-and-mouth, rabies cases fall; Five-year-old child brought back to life; Cold spell expected to return to North