Icy winds isolate Phu Quy Island; HCM City generates 275,000 jobs in 2010; VND1.6 trillion for building new rural areas; Illegal businesses take over HCM City riverbanks; Charity event raises $315 million for impoverished

VietNamNet Bridge – No child abuse, no violence at school, no traffic jam, more places for amusement, less heavy school curriculum. These were among the demands children and teenagers made to the HCM City authorities at a meeting

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional markets in HCM City are badly polluted due to lack of wastewater treatment systems and deteriorated infrastructure facilities, according to the city Environment Protection Sub-department.

VietNamNet Bridge – A reported 700 people were hospitalised because of food poisoning last week in HCM City, raising fears about hygiene in the run-up to the Tet (Lunar New Year).

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreigners should enjoy simplified administrative procedures when it comes to obtaining residence permits from early April thanks to a new Government resolution.

Egypt resorted to all its resources to abort the vicious terrorist plot after the attack against Alexandria's church, and security was tightened up around churches across the country to welcome Christmas which Copts celebrate on January 7.

U.S. stocks ended at new highs in more than two years on Monday, the first trading day of 2011, as investors were feeling more optimistic about the outlook of the U. S. economy.

Smoking in enclosed public areas in Spain is now illegal after an anti-smoking law became effective on Sunday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said in his New Year's speech Monday that the door for inter- Korean dialogue remains open, but stressed that "any provocation" by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will not be tolerated.

South Korea on Monday decided to expand areas where vaccination will be administered in the face of the country's severest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the government said.

China's Ministry of Public Security Monday enacted emergency procedures to cope with freezing rain in the nation's southern provinces, aiming to restart road traffic which often came to a halt because of icy roads.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bus stations and amusement parks were inundated over the three-day holiday period – despite efforts to alleviate the mayhem.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi is determined to halt the future construction of deformed and super-slim houses.

Meeting marks victory in US war; NA inaugurates commemorative house in Tuyen Quang; Complete works of Party documents published on CD-ROM; Vietnam to set up National Centre for Judicial Records

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee will convene for its 37th session in Ha Noi today, Jan 4, with the Law on Independent Auditing and Maritime Law on the agenda.

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, achievements and lessons.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors have registered grand tourism or construction projects in Vietnam costing billions of dollars but many are either lying undeveloped or moving at a snail’s pace after being granted a license.

Though many Vietnamese mobile phone brands have been available on the market only for the last few years, they have still been able to cement a firm position on the market. Especially, they have become the redoubtable rivals to the giant Nokia.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the office rent prices of A and B-class buildings in Hanoi tend to decrease due to the profuse supply, the rentals of private run offices in the inner city have been continuously  increasing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The contestant from the southern province of Dong Thap won the highest title and cheers from the audience in the final night in Vung Tau city on January 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government had issued the trial public private partnership investment form, which will commence on January 15, 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Going around a subterranean rock bank to the east of Hon Tre Island in Nha Trang Bay, a cargo ship pierced to its hull and cargo box. Nearly 1000 tons of fertilizer were dissolved into the sea on December 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Hanoi has been spending money and applying many measures to improve pre-school education, it is still facing a lot of problems.  The city is seriously lacking nursery school teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The province chair Nguyen Hoang Anh told VietNamNet that Cao Bang will stop granting licences to mining projects in two years to effectively, sustainably manage its natural resources.

VietNamNet Bridge - South Korea’s Teakwang Power Holdings last week moved towards developing its thermal power project in northern Vietnam.