VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate experts are concerned that the surging number of resorts last year is causing wastes of lands and environment pollutions, leaving the property market to be hit in 2011.

Six years ago when Vietnam was compiling the file of Quan ho folk music to submit to the UNESCO to be recognized as a world intangible cultural heritage, the Ministry of Culture conferred the “Living heritage” titles to six senior Quan ho artists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Next year is expected to be a good one for Vietnamese stocks with the economic recovery on the right track.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has exported over US$3.2 billion worth of furniture this year, becoming ASEAN’s leading furniture exporter, according to the ASEAN Furniture Industries Council (AFIC).

VietNamNet Bridge – The second dog show took place in HCM City on December 12, with the presence of hundreds of “contestants”.

VietNamNet Bridge – In some mountainous provinces in northern Vietnam, some ethnic minority groups consider covering their teeth with gold fashionable.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese amateur Nguyen Dang Phong trained for two years before winning his first title at the National Junior Golf Championship at the Ocean Dunes Golf Club in Phan Thiet City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most tourist companies have said that several people plan to travel domestically and overseas during the Tet (Lunar New Year).

The terminology “cloud computing” has been mentioned by more and more Vietnamese enterprises recently. Experts believe that cloud computing would be the choice of enterprises and government agencies in the near future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is well known as one of the most powerful exporters of agricultural products in the world. However, Vietnamese farmers and Vietnamese enterprises cannot pocket enough money from their exports.

Returning to Vietnam as veterans of the Vietnam War, bearing many wounds in their souls, these Americans may have felt apprehensive but the open hearts of Vietnamese people relieved their pains and helped them regain their lost souls.

In 2010, Vietnam successfully accomplished its role as Chair of ASEAN, comprehensively deployed foreign affairs and deeper integrated into the international economy, creating a momentum for the nation to enter the 2nd decade of the 21st century.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the cold weather, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to major roads of Hanoi and HCM City to celebrate the New Year 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Statistic Office on December 31 announced that Vietnam’s unemployment rate in 2010 reached 2.88 percent, including 4.43 percent for the urban and 2.27 percent for the rural area.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has written an article about major contents of the draft socio-economic development strategy for the 2011-2020 period and the country’s key tasks in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Total insurance premiums are estimated to have reached VND30.69 trillion (US$1.57 billion) this year, a rise of 20.3 per cent on last year, according to the Ministry of Finance's Insurance Management and Supervision Department.

VietNamNet Bridge - December’s strong price rise has sent the consumer price index in all of 2010 surging to a higher-than-expected level of 11.75%, thus eroding the country’s hard-won economic gains.

Don village was dubbed the “elephant kingdom” in the Central Highlands for its tradition of taming wild elephants and also worshipping them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Securities companies have experienced a year full of difficulties. Dau tu chung khoan highlights the most noteworthy events of the companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rural areas and the agriculture sector have provided the main impetus for the nation's rapid growth in the post renewal period, but the sector has not received sufficient investment or help from the Government, experts say.

Authorized organizations have showed a lack of investigation into some farmers that use pesticides and other stimulants to increase the amount and size of their farm produce.

Although the military-run Viettel lagged behind Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) in the VND100 trillion (US$5.14 billion) revenue race in 2010, it has deserved as the winner in terms of real capacity and achievements.

The end of the year is seeing a sharp rise in smuggling activities, according to border authorities.