Reviewing the tourism industry’s performance in 2010, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism VNAT announced with great pleasure that the country received five million foreign tourists and 28 million domestic travelers in the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – A ceremony to close the Catholic Church of Vietnam Jubilee Year 2010 was held at the La Vang parish, Hai Lang district, in the central province of Quang Tri on January 5.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has urged municipal officials not to give to or receive presents from others over Tet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts believe that 2011 will be a tough year for telecom companies because it is getting more and more difficult to seek clients for broadband ADSL internet services

VietNamNet Bridge – An icy cold spell, together with hoarfrost and foggy weather, over the past several days has caused the hospitalisation of thousands of children suffering cold-related diseases and severely affected production

VietNamNet Bridge – Since its establishment, the Communist Party of Viet Nam has held 10 Congresses. Each Congress is considered an important historical milestone in recognising the Vietnamese revolution's victories,

VietNamNet Bridge – Last week the Hanoi and HCM City Youth Unions honored their top outstanding young members of 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fact that a series of joint ventures in the retail sector have been recently established has raised a question about market development strategies used by retailers over the last two years.

A new law requiring calorie counts on restaurant menus took effect in California on Saturday.

Le Quang Liem defeated two players from Singapore and China on the first day of the HDBank Cup International Chess Tournament in HCM City on January 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young state employees who earn modest salary are afraid of getting married and having baby.

Experts of the International Crane Foundation have come to the southern province of Kien Giang to watch the number of red-headed cranes (Grus antigone sharpii) which are heading to the bang grass (Lepironia articulate) fields there.

Argentinean coach Marcelo unexpectedly said goodbye to Dong Tam Long An football club on January 3, after just three months he joined the team.

A strengthened cold wave may hit northern Vietnam on January 6 and 9, making the temperature dropping to under 10 degrees Celsius, the National Hydrometeorology Forecast Center said.

Impressive statistics of Vietnam’s economic and social achievements were made public at the end of 2010. Readers have emailed VietNamNet to express their opinions and their support to the government.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem said that one of the six key tasks in foreign affairs in 2011 is seeking solutions to definitively solve border issues with neighbors.

In Hanoi, the salaries that teachers get are so low that many teachers have given up their jobs, while others have to take extra jobs to earn a living.

Experts all say that the golden age of desktops is over, not only in Vietnam, but in other countries aroundthe world as well.

The year 2010 finished with the record numbers of garment and rice export turnovers and the number of foreign tourists as reviewed by Tuoi tre.

Holding the volume of shares worth 2,340 billion dong, Pham Thu Huong has topped the list of the 50 richest women on the stock market released by, though Huong’s stock assets’ value remains to be lower than the 2009 richest woman’s.

Professor Regina Abrami from Harvard Business School shared her thoughts about MBA training and gave advices about how Vietnam can exist and develop next to China, fields in which she is very knowledgeable.

Experts believe that the year 2011 will witness a new stage of development in the telecom market with telecom companies shaking hands to co-exist and develop side by side instead of fiercely competing by lowering charges.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) province of Lam Dong has scored a national first in completing a housing programme for the poor under Government Decision 167.

Poverty in ethnic-inhabited areas decrease sharply; Film contest on water resources; Binh Duong workers get free travel home; Six fishermen rescued off central coast; Premature baby survives in Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – With the period before Tet usually seeing demand for temporary workers spike, job centres have their busiest time of the year, acting as intermediaries between mainly students and employers.