South Korea on Sunday reported two more foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks as the high contagious appears to be spreading faster in the country.

1,500 delegates from around the country are about to be honored at the 8th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, which opened in Hanoi on Monday.

New York City airports canceled more than 1,000 flights on Sunday as a snow blizzard made its way through the east coast.

VietNamNet Bridge – Walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc from Da Nang finished first in the women's 20km walk at the sixth National Sport Games, which kicked off in Da Nang city on Saturday.

City opens New Year Greeting Festival; US writers’ books on Vietnam war hit shelves; Japanese Animated films to be screened in Hanoi; HCMC fest a feast of cuisines; Son La tourism-cultural week 2010 to be held

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday it would provide a technical assistance grant to support the establishment of a railway coordination office in the five Mekong nations where railways have developed independently.

VietNamNet Bridge – Supermarkets mostly sell domestic goods for Tet, while counterfeit goods are flooding traditional markets.

Vietnam Airlines Corp. has estimated its 2010 revenue will surpass VND36.2 trillion (US$1.86 billion), a whopping increase of 47.3% from last year, and pre-tax profit will exceed VND350 billion (US$18 million), up 130% year-on-year.

Many years ago, Vietnam kicked off the 1-million ton sugar programme, deciding that it needs to produce one million tons of sugar by 2000. However, the target remains out of reach, while Vietnam expects to import one million tons of sugar by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City officials and thousands of people on December 25 saw Prof. Tran Van Giau to the last resting place.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is expected that the Tet bonuses to be offered by foreign invested enterprises to their staff will be half as much or double that of the previous year.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Vietnamese mobile service providers have fallen into the trap set by the ‘bitten apple’” is the conclusion which has become a hot topic on information and communication technology (ICT) forum.

VietNamNet Bridge – The project to teach English to secondary school students has been described as “setting many ambitious goals”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The car market, which had been gloomy for many months, has suddenly heated up as people are rushing to buy cars to avoid higher ownership registration tax.

VietNamNet Bridge – Streets were stuck. Restaurants were fully booked. Kids laughed with Santa Clauses. Couples showed their love at churches. Below are pictures of the Christmas celebrations in Vietnam’s two biggest cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mister Vietnam 2010’s Mister Environment competition took place in the morning of December 25 on the beach of Vung Tau.

Information Technology and Communication plays an important role in poverty reduction around the world and particularly in Vietnam. Therefore, it is necessary to universalize informational technology and application in the educational system. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The 15th ASEAN University Games (AUG-15) closed in Thailand on December 23.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in December increased a record level by 1.98 percent over the last month, raising the CPI for the whole year to 11.75 percent, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) on December 24.

HCM City plans to slow mother-child HIV transmissions; Seized fishermen back home for Tet; Four Vietnamese hotels in world’s top; Fundraising for the poor; Vietnam acts to overcome UXO consequences

23rd Charming Vietnam Gala to take place in Phu Yen; Ha Long Bay ranks sixth on National Geographic list; HCM City university kicks off fashion design contest; Ethnic man wins prize in traditional architecture contest

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam has invited English Premier League club Arsenal to play a friendly during their Asian tour next year, a source from the British sports marketing firm Strata said yesterday.

Property firms need more cash to operate; OTC shares attract eye of institutional investors; Belgian firm to outfit fish oil refinery; $14m to extend condensate refinery plant; HAGL sells shares to Deutsche Bank

Despite its sanctions and trade embargoes, the U.S. government has over the past decade allowed American companies to do billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US believes that Vietnam is a good destination for its investors. Experts are now talking about the third US investment wave in Vietnam.