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.

VietNamNet Bridge – The sky high bank interest rates and dollar prices have been highlighted as the most noteworthy event in 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of visitors from many countries were warmly welcomed at the Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports in the morning of January 1 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Can Tho Oil Refinery, the fist joint venture between a Vietnamese company and a foreign partner, seems to have found a way out after the US partner unexpectedly withdrew.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks the twelfth among 181 countries showing tourism growth potentials in the ten years, according a global tourism organization.

Lower lending rate promised; Timber products earn $3.3b in exports;  Work on $600 mln southern theme park to start in Feb; Noteworthy M&A deals spawn in HCMC realty sector 2010; Vietnam eyes $20 bln in FDI next year

“Parks for children are places for social evils. Many couples engage in personal activities that are inappropriate for public places,” a student proposed in a meeting with HCM City authorities.

Nguyen Thi Minh Chuyen from the northern province of Ha Nam was crowned the Best Singer at the finale held at Ho Chi Minh City-based Maximart Stadium Sunday night.

Deputy Minister of Information and Telecommunication, Tran Duc Lai, cautioned that the telecom market will cool down in 2011 as the number of subscribers has been saturated.

A list of projects to be executed in Vietnam in 2011 includes Taiwan’s Wintek Corporation’s touch screen production plant in Bac Giang, Hewlett Packard opening a software testing company and other projects in Hoa Lac and Saigon Hi-Tech parks.

Can Tho international airport, one of the Mekong Delta’s most important infrastructure developments, inaugurated last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers will expose stronger competition with abundance of glittering products in 2011, but opportunities are open for new investment.

Oil blobs mysteriously show up in renowned beach; Aphrodisiacs, sex toys, fake guns seized in Nghe An; Foreign-exchange students linked to Vietnamese cyber-crime gang; Vietnam student beaten in Australia still in coma

VietNamNet Bridge - The US government has earmarked US$17 million to partly clean up a former US air base from toxic defoliant Agent Orange in the central Da Nang City next year.