VietNamNet Bridge – The Competition Law, which became effective in 2004, should contain more specific language about penalties and fines, experts said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mangrove forest plantation has made remarkable contributions to preventing calamity, improving ecological environment and reducing poverty.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam needs more than VND2.2 trillion (US$110 billion) in the next five years to develop housing, according to a report recently released by Ministry of Construction.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seven HCM City artists born in the 1970s display their artistic evolution in a group show of paintings and installation works at the Dau Thang (Sharp) exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts University Applied Arts Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of travelers booking tours for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday has increased by some 30%, though prices this year are also some 30% higher, tour operators said.

The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) continues to dominate the market for internet service providers, claiming over 75 of subscribers, with the remainder going to military-run provider Viettel and FPT Telecom.

VietNamNet Bridge – The folk singing of the San Diu ethnic group in the northern province of Tuyen Quang is fading with time, worry local elders.

Dr Le Xuan Nghia, Deputy Chair of the National Finance Supervision Council believes that if drastic measures are taken, the foreign currency market will be stabilized by the first quarter of 2011.

2010 was a difficult year for the Spanish economy, although it is possible to say that after the " perfect storm" that it experienced at the end of 2008, it appears that the fall has been stopped and the basis for recovery established.

The big economies, including in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, are believed to see strong recovery next year, which will prompt the investors from these countries to make outward investments.

Amazon.com Inc. said on Monday that its latest third-generation e-book reader Kindle had become the bestselling product in the online retail giant's history.

Commuters in New York City faced more headaches on Tuesday as subways, buses and commuter trains continued to experience heavy delays due to Sunday's blizzard.

Wall Street closed mixed on Tuesday as worse-than-expected U.S. home prices and consumer confidence limited the gains led by energy stocks, despite the Dow Jones industrial average hitting its 28-month high.

A fire broke out Tuesday morning on a railway car ferrying passengers in central Israel, injuring up to 40 people, mostly from shock or smoke inhalation, one of them in serious condition, local medics said.

In the two way trade with China, Vietnam has been importing more than exporting to the country. The trade gap has made a new record when it climbed to $12.6 billion, or 105 percent of Vietnam’s trade gap in 2010.

Vietnam has a population of 90 million, while it has seven mobile service providers with their own network infrastructure. There are also “virtual” developers, who provide services with hired infrastructure.

A lot of commercial banks have announced that they have fulfilled the 2010 business plan even when the year has not come to the end.

VietNamNet Bridge – Studying at international schools used to be popular among well-off families. However, nowadays, Vietnamese students no longer dream of international schools,   and many have called for each other to leave the schools.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has informed the press that the ministry will take actions to more strictly control the quality of in-service training.

VietNamNet Bridge – After being issued for several years, coins have been rejected from circulation. Why?

Viet Nam and Russia will continue their cooperation in geological survey work and oil and gas production on Viet Nam's continental shelf within the framework of the Vietnamese-Russian oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro beyond this year.

Due to many reasons, the supply and demand for jobs in 2010 were severely imbalanced, and experts believe that the imbalance will still be evident in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Food Festival 2010 opened on December 26 at 23/9 Park in HCM City, introducing the culture and cuisines of 24 countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tet bonus problems are contributing to strikes in scores of foreign-backed enterprises in southern provinces.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MoNRE) announced the 10 most outstanding events in 2010 on December 28 at the conference reviewing in the achievements of 2010 and preparing for the implementation of the 2011 plan.