VietNamNet Bridge - General director of the state-run Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex), Bui Ngoc Bao warns the petroleum market could soon be in a mess unless state management agencies intervened with suitable remedies.

Nguyen Tien Thoa, Director of the Price Management Agency, the arm of the Ministry of Finance (MOF), thinks that the prompt price marketization may kill the industries and sectors.

Around 65 percent of wells in Vietnam’s Red River Delta contain arsenic, manganese, selenium and barium at unsafe levels, posing a serious health threat to about 7 million people, according to a research done by Swiss scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition entitled “Treasures of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam” will be held at the Korean National Royal Museum in Seoul, South Korean until February 2.

VietNamNet Bridge - The European Union's tariffs on leather shoes imported from Viet Nam and China will expire at the end of March, following a decision to do away with the duties.

The bad weather and natural calamities around the globe combined with the unpredictable rice stocks are the main factors that affect the rice market and rice export prices in the first months of 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts believe that the expected lower inflation rate in 2011 would bring opportunities to securities investors.

Error products have slipped out from the factories in China and then reproduced into low-cost products to be sold dirt cheap at the border area markets, or even in big cities in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ho Xuan Hung has affirmed that Vietnam’s agriculture greatly benefits from WTO membership.

The list of 175 official members out of 218 candidates of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam was made public at 10 am, January 18. The nine members of the 10th Politburo was re-elected.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many old apartments in HCM City, half of which were built before the American War, are in disrepair and in urgent need of renovation or replacement.

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien's People's Court yesterday, Jan 17, wrapped up the trial of eight former officials accused of corrupt practices during the construction of the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has asked people to help prevent another A/H1N1 flu epidemic this winter by taking precautions.

VietNamNet Bridge – Negligence and the use of electricity to trap rats or catch fish have claimed the tragic deaths of many people in rural areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – EVN Ha Noi Vice General Director Vu Quang Hung announced yesterday, Jan 17, that there would no power cuts in the capital during the Tet holiday from January 23 to February 7, except in unforeseen circumstances.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign workers without work permits would be forced to leave the country, said deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa.

Strengthening cooperation in drug fighting between Vietnam and UNODC; Vietnamese youths hold congress in Japan; VN Ambassador in RoK visits guest workers; Prudential pledges US$10 million

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Television (VTV) and Viet Nam Cable Television (VCTV) have reached agreements concerning V-League's broadcasting rights after two weeks of negotiations with cable TV provider Audio Vision Global (AVG).

Pre-menopausal Chinese- American women have far greater bone strength than their Caucasian counterparts, as determined by a breakthrough technological advance.

Chinese and U.S. businesses signed six agreements worth of 574 million U.S. dollars in Texas on Monday, one day ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States.

Ex-senior Party official dies at 82; ASEAN Foreign Ministers meet in Indonesia; Lao Party officials study Hanoi leadership; Cambodian newspaper praises Vietnam’s achievements

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has issued a fresh swine-flu alert after new cases were detected in Hanoi and HCM City last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Hai Phong City's Thuy Nguyen District People's Committee has suspended the operation of a calcium carbide factory in Lai Xuan Commune due to alleged pollution that has harmed the health of local residents.

Dr Mai Liem Truc said that the most important thing that helped Vietnam’s IT and communication brand develop well in the last decade is the market opening which allows to gradually eliminate monopoly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Building international-standard schools is a chief priority of the education system in HCM City, which leads the country in training and pedagogical innovation.