VietNamNet Bridge – President Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary has been translated into the Tay-Nung language by Hoang An, a member of the Tay ethnic group.

While state-backed oil refineries are well on track, private projects  are facing serious delays.

A calm macroeconomy and cooling inflation will be Vietnam’s top priorities in its 2011 socio-economic development plan.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development last week reported that the country’s agro-forestry-aquatic export turnover for the year touched a record $19.2 billion, up 22.6 per cent against 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has no other choice than to develop together with China. But what to do to develop next to China?

VietNamNet Bridge – Immense hills of celery cabbage flowers in Moc Chau, the northern mountainous province of Son La, has enchanted many youngsters.

Lack of electronic payment options hamper growth of online commerce; Fruit imports rise by nearly 4%; ADB to help Mekong nations; Interbank rates see decline; High speed Phu Quoc boat service opens; State Bank goes after counterfeit currency

With its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2010, Vietnam has championed the ASEAN Charter via three major pillars including political and security cooperation, economic cooperation and socio-cultural cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The postal service has recently become a bustling market with the new investment deals. While foreign service providers have been expanding business, domestic companies have been rushing to ask for operation licenses.

VietNamNet Bridge – An expert from the HCM City Polytechnic University has engineered a robot which can recognize a human being’s emotions.

The Japanese government has decided to provide funding for developing countries’ space satellite projects under its official development assistance, government sources say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam had 170 million phone subscribers by December 2010, according to a new report from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Construction has made an adequate suggestion of allocating the country’s land fund to apartment buildings and limiting the amount of houses in an attempt to cope with the overpopulation, property experts said.  

Farmers guaranteed minimum price for rice; Developers shun public houses; CMC Group to pare stake in BaoViet Bank; Tough times to persist for banking sector; Shrimp shipments hit $2 bln

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based singer Nguyen Thi Minh Chuyen was named best singer at a young talent quest in HCM City on Sunday titled Morning Star-A Rendezvous.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese lenders achieved its pretax profits in 2010 despite of the government’s tightening monetary measures.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recently revised criteria for awarding prestigious titles such as People's Artist and Meritorious Artist are stirring controversy among performing artists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and the US have signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) which will pave the way for the cleanup of dioxin in Da Nang.

Despite the existing worries about high inflation, trade gaps and macroeconomic uncertainties, the big economic achievements in 2010 allows Vietnam to confidently start 2011 and enter a new period of development.

VietNamNet Bridge – The education budget will be 2.9 per cent higher this year at VND5 trillion (US$256 million), according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training will closely monitor admissions by universities and colleges this year, especially new ones that lack facilities, to ensure their intake does not exceed their allotted quota.

VietNamNet Bridge – Kindergarten principals in big cities say the quality assessment standards drafted by Ministry of Education and Training last month are nice in theory, but unworkable.

VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of Tet (Lunar New Year) tours have increased by 15-30 per cent over normal days but many of them are fully booked and cannot accept more customers.

Over 11,000 tourists visit Ha Long Bay at New Year; Tourists to Hung Kings Temple at New Year increase by 30 percent; Vietnam, South Africa cooperate in tourism; Hai Phong welcomes 450 New Year foreign visitors

VietNamNet Bridge – World No 8 Nguyen Tien Minh kicks off his 2011 at the Victor-BWF Super Series Final in Chinese Taipei on January 5-9.