VietNamNet Bridge - Meandering through lush forests and tapering mountains ranges, the Suoi Ngoc (Pearl Stream) in Hanoi’s Thach That District invites visitors to lose themselves in the natural splendor of its environs.

In 2010, the real estate price in Hanoi increased by 30 percent. In some areas the land prices increased by 100 percent or more. Experts say there are latent risks in Hanoi’s real estate market.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Vinh Chau district, the southern province of Soc Trang, are harvesting violet onion to supply the market at the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US consul in Ho Chi Minh City, Le Thanh An, is an ethnic Vietnamese who will celebrate his first Tet in his homeland for 45 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of people taking medical examinations for parasitic diseases has increased since last June, says Dinh Xuan Sinh, head of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases' Viet-Anh Infectious Disease Ward.

VietNamNet Bridge – Piles of telecom cables have been left on the roads of Bach Mai and Truong Dinh, Hanoi for a long time. They have become traps for passers-by.

VietNamNet Bridge - Decree 01/2011/ND-CP on issuing sovereign bonds, government-guarantee debts and local governance debts will take effect from February 20, 2011, and it is expected to boost the development of Vietnam’s bond market.

VietNamNet Bridge - PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation Ltd (PVEP) has signed a syndicated loan of US$430 million with 14 foreign banks.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple high-end gadgets of iPhone and iPad on sale starting this year will have as an indispensable part a new compact blood sugar testing tool invented by a Vietnamese engineer living in the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – A tourism park with a strong cultural theme is being built in time for Tet (lunar New Year) in HCM City's suburban Cu Chi District.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Hoang Ngan of HCM City Economics University, a member of the National Advisory Council for Financial and Monetary Policy, spoke toTien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

According to a survey conducted by UNDP in Hanoi and HCM City in 2010, 1.47 percent of interviewees in Hanoi and 3.77 percent in HCM City said they don’t go to hospitals for examinations because they can’t afford healthcare services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every morning at Van Noi Market, pile after pile of colourful, shiny fruit and vegetables are arranged by traders, ready and waiting for the first customers of the day.

VietNamNet Bridge - Techcombank has raised cash-withdrawal fees to prevent Vietnamese from flocking to Cambodia to withdraw millions of dollars from Cambodian ATMs to benefit from the difference in exchange rates.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 9th Vovinam Championships closed in Algiers City, Algeria on January 28, in the presence of the Vietnamese ambassador to Algeria, Do Trong Cuong, and many high-ranking sports officials.

Border soldiers, families receive Tet gifts; Five Filipinos rescued off Vietnam recovering; Highway 1A clogged as vehicles tail up 30 km; More cases of A/H1N1 in northern region; Ministry pledges Tet crowd control

South Korea captain Park Ji-sung on Monday publicly announced his retirement from international duty with the national team after winning his 100th cap in the Asian Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumption prices are always on a hike as the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, and there is no exception for this year.

The mammoth steel complex project in Ha Tinh province by Tata group can be delayed for indefinite time, because the local authorities and the investor still have not reached the agreement on the most important issues.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has told 11 taxi companies that operate at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport to improve services and distribute namecards with complaint hotline numbers to passengers,

VietNamNet Bridge - To be stylish does not mean you have to pay dear: you just need to stick to the three Đs - Đẹp (beautiful), Độc (Unique), and Được (Good) as Ho Chi Minh City’s youngsters have found out.

VietNamNet Bridge – Life improved markedly for Bui Van Mao's family in Kim Boi District in the northern province of Hoa Binh when his house was connected to the national electricity grid in 2002.

That very American of activities, cheerleading, used to be an alien concept in Vietnam but has been now become more and more popular through Hollywood teen movies.

Cement, steel set for 10% increase in sales; Listed firms fear hostile takeovers; State guaranteed corporate bonds curbed; Rubber processing waste treatment line on stream; French company sets up bio-gas plant at factory

Overseas Vietnamese all over the world are welcoming the New Year with happiness about the country’s political, economic, social, and cultural achievements in 2010.