Confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam has increased given good indicators for Vietnam’s economy in 2011, the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artisan Tran Huu Nhon is known as a gifted goldsmith and the one who holds the secrets of the jewelry making technique called “dau”.

Tickets for Backstreet Boys Concert Tour “This is Us” in Vietnam will be available officially from February 12 with prices ranging from VND500,000 (US$25) to VND2 million, according to the tour’s organizer Water Buffalo Productions.

VietNamNet Bridge – A unique competition for cats in Vietnam took place in late January 2011 in Chuong My district, Hanoi to honor the cat that can kill the largest number of rats, the enemy of crops.

Professor David Dapice, a senior economist at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, talks with VietNamNet about economic reforms in Vietnam.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday landed on Sharm el-Sheikh with his family, after a speech delegating power to his Vice President Omar Suleiman on Thursday night, according to Al Arabiya TV.

VietNamNet Bridge – Jose Kleberson Pereira, a member of the Brazilian team that won the World Cup 2002 and a player of Manchester United in 2003-2005, wants to play for Vietnam’s V-League.

Poetry Day set for next week; Pirated DVD copies of ‘Bi, Don't Be Afraid' flood local shops; Tickets for Backstreet Boys concert set to go on sale; Viet Nam to host inaugural international choir competition

VietNamNet Bridge - KPVI News 6, the local NBC (National Broadcasting Company) affiliated television station for Idaho, has advised Americans to tour Vietnam to get to know “Southeast Asia's rising star".

VietNamNet Bridge – Pianist Trang Trinh will give a solo concert “The Piano’s Journal” at the Hanoi Opera House on February 23 and in HCM City in April.

The Vietnam Ethnology Museum became the playground of tons of folk games like phao dat (soil-made firecracker), o an quan, danh du (swinging), nhay sap (bamboo pole dance) and others on the first three days of the lunar New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Baseball was brought to Vietnam by an American lawyer, whose life changed after he met a Vietnamese singer.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction is considering adjusting the minimum monthly fee on household water usage following complaints from people.

VietNamNet Bridge – The song Remember Ha Noi's Autumn by late composer Trinh Cong Son has inspired Saigontourist to design a tour of the city's beautiful locations mentioned in the lyrics.

Coffee buzz surrounds festival; Tour operator plans underwater weddings in Nha Trang; 2,000 cruise tourists visit Nha Trang; Hotels, resorts make ‘best' list; Trekkers race to summit Ta Cu

Top badminton player Minh to take part in All England tourney; Hoang Thien progresses at world junior tennis event; National cycling team to race at Asian Championships

State President launches national tree planting fest; Another truck catch fire in the Hai Van Tunnel; Health Ministry says most A/H1N1 cases this year mild; Isolated commune gets new road link

The Cambodian government launched Thursday the 2011 Measles Immunization Campaign aimed to vaccinate all infants and children aged from 9 months to 5 years with one dose of measles vaccine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Low-income earners will be able to apply for a flat in Kien Hung Ward in Ha Dong District in the next few weeks under a project launched by Vinaconex Xuan Mai Concrete and Construction Joint-stock Company.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for stricter management of festivals organised around the country during the lunar new year festival period so that they do not become overly commercialised.

“Vietnam’s lifestyle” photograph exhibition opens in Virginia; HCM City displays Tay Son antiques; Thailand-Vietnam Contemporary Art Exhibition held; Culture-tourism festival of Ba Ria-Vung Tau kicks off  

Preparations under way for Assembly, Council elections; Viet Nam not involved in Thailand-based war games; Vietnam contributes to UN’s poverty reduction programme

VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star Dam Vinh Hung is among the 46 nominees in nine categories of music, theatre performance arts, and TV series for this year's HCM City Television (HTV) Awards.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday proposed a new public hospitals deal, which will see the federal government pay 50 percent of the rising cost of healthcare.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday stressed the importance for the nation to invest on new-generation of high-speed wireless and rail, his latest move to promote U.S. global competitiveness put forth . . .