VietNamNet Bridge – There, in the solitary border area of Lang Son province, luxury products, like iPhones or Nokia X7, E71, E72 or E75 are numerous and sold easily like bunches of vegetable. However, all are counterfeit goods.

VND740 billion disbursed for low-income housing projects; Papal envoy may improve relations; Another case of A/H1N1 discovered in HCM City; Viet Nam's first baby born in aeroplane; Oxy-fuel welding kills two and injures three

At least 16 people were killed and nine others injured as a blast took place in a passenger bus on Monday mooring in Kohat, northwest Pakistan, police said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigontourist Travel Service received 300 tourists from Portugal’s Princess Daphne cruise ship during their 2-day tour of HCM City – Cu Chi – My Tho on January 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 6th Security World Conference and Expo will be held in Hanoi by the IT Department, General Department of Logistics & Technology under the Ministry of Public Security, Vietnam Computer Emergency Response

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman Doan Nguyen Duc of Hoang Anh Gia Lai said his team will triumph during the national football tournament this season.

VietNamNet Bridge – V-League football team Hoang Anh Gia Lai will recruit the first graduates to emerge from a training course at the Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal-JMG Academy over the next three years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Star striker Le Cong Vinh, who scored the decisive goal in the final of the 2008 Southeast Asia football championships, spent four months in Portugal playing football and another four months getting treatment . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The city targets establishing a minimum VND8 million (US$410) in annual income per capita for all families, according to the city Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – A proposal by BIDV Expressway Development Company to collect a toll of VND1,000 per kilometre for users on the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway from April 30 is causing concern among road haulers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Housing cooperatives should be used to provide shelter for the poor, according to the deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Construction Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot project to promote service science will begin this year in HCM City in an aim to increase quality and added value to the service sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City targets establishing a minimum VND8 million (US$410) in annual income per capita for all families, according to the city Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – The technology is available for flood-mapping in Viet Nam but little progress has been made due to a lack of capital to pursue the project,

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Quang Ninh has approved a Japanese-funded project on protection of the environment of the world heritage Ha Long Bay for the 2011-2013 period.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television will broadcast during Tet (Lunar New Year) a series on the revolutionary music that inspired the nation during the war for independence.

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in remote areas of the Central Highlands Province of Dac Lac are now able to watch films dubbed in ethnic minority languages thanks to the Government's initiative and support, says a local official.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of works by a group of seven Paris-based artists has opened in HCM City. On show are 54 paintings and sculptures at the Blue Space Gallery in downtown HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises are making good on rising overseas Vietnamese -driven demand for traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) dishes like the banh chung (glutinous rice cake) and dua hanh (pickled spring onions).

VietNamNet Bridge – Local food and bonsai will be showcased at the Hue Handicrafts Festival in April as the former royal capital central city strives to consolidate its status as Viet Nam's cultural and festival city.

Due to stronger than projected sales activity in the fourth quarter, Canada's annual housing sales activity in 2010 was higher than anticipated, although volume was still below that of 2009, the Canadian Real Estate Association announced

The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Sunday described south Sudan referendum process as free, fair and credible and regarded it as a milestone in promoting peace and democratic transformation of south Sudan.

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Saturday met with his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung- hwan here, to exchange views on bilateral relations and issues related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The death toll in the storms which devastated part of Brazil' s Rio de Janeiro state this week reached 600, authorities informed on Saturday.

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games will go on sale on March 15, 2011 and Paralympic Games tickets will go on sale on September 9, 2011, confirmed The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games on Saturday.