Miracle for 700gr baby

VietNamNet Bridge – The smallest inborn baby in Vietnam – Hoang Thi Man, 700gr at birth – left hospital on December 20 in the happiness of her family and doctors of the Hanoi-based Bach Mai hospital.

Bkav anti-virus software listed in world’s top 10

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Bkis Bkav Home Plus has surpassed over 50 products to enter the world’s top ten anti-virus software, according to the UK Virus Bulletin magazine.

Vietnam is investors’ winning cup of tea

Scores of foreign investors coveting Vietnam’s tea industry have provided some words of wisdom to ameliorate the country’s tea quality globally.

Children born to expats entitled to Vietnamese nationality

VietNamNet Bridge - Children born in Vietnam to Vietnamese mothers and foreign fathers will be granted Vietnamese citizenship and supplied birth certificates, assured a judicial official from the Ministry of Justice.

Local retailers overtake foreign chains, experts say

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of wholly-foreign owned retailers in Vietnam remains limited after the Southeast country opened the distribution and retail market under its World Trade Organization commitments in January 2008. 

Traditional wedding ceremony of ethnic minority in northern Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – At the end of the year or the wedding season, we would like to invite you to attend a traditional wedding ceremony of Dao quan trang ethnic minority group in Yen Bai a northern mountainous province in Vietnam.

The impressive figures of the gold market in 2010

2010 was a year with many “storms” in the gold market. Local newspapers have summarized the most outstanding figures.

Mövenpick Makes Merry with Holiday Hampers and Dinners

VietNamNet Bridge - As jingle bells start chiming, Mövenpick’s hotels in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are packing holiday hampers and putting the final touches on a series of holiday menus.

Christmas is coming to town

VietNamNet Bridge – The atmosphere of Christmas is covering the capital city. Hanoi is beautiful and sparkling with Christmas trees and lights.

Shipping firms to contain problem

Foreign shipping lines have been left at sea by unclear liquidation procedures for abandoned containers at Vietnam’s ports.

Sweden to close its embassy in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said that Vietnam regrets the Swedish government’s decision to close its embassy in Hanoi next year but Vietnam hopes that the two countries will continue strengthening bilateral cooperation.

The landmarks in Vietnam’s telecom in 2010

A lot of new policies set up in 2010 by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has had big impacts on the telecom market.

A busy day of Santa Claus

VietNamNet Bridge – Wearing a beard and red clothes, this Santa Claus drives a motorbike to deliver gifts to kids from the morning until midnight.

Vietnam all set to welcome Christmas, New Year

VietNamNet Bridge - With just a few days to go for Christmas and then New Year, festive cheer is blanketing the nation.

Prejudice preventing HIV/AIDS-infected children from education

Relevant authorities in Vietnam are finding it hard to help HIV/AIDS-infected children go to schools despite great efforts to thwart public prejudice.

The gods are supporting apricot and peach growers

The apricot and peach prices are believed to be higher than during Tet 2010; however, it is still too early to say how high the prices will be because everything still depends on the gods.

Tough road ahead for telecom companies to commercialise 4G/LTE

Telecom companies have kicked off their plan to apply 4G/LTE technology right after they get the license from the Ministry of Information and Communication MIC.

Young lecturers only can earn trifle?

VietNamNet Bridge – Young lecturers complain that the current system does not encourage them to conduct scientific research.

Vietnam’s private airlines still learn to fly

Experts say there are still many things private airlines need to learn in order to fly.

Hanoi suffer because of “City for Peace” title

Eleven years have passed since Hanoi was conferred the title “City for Peace” but the city is still struggling to meet the standards of a “City for Peace”.

HCM City’s landslide and sinking alert

VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of holes which are called “death holes” have appeared on HCM City’s roads recently,making locals worry about geological problems, especially landslide and sinking.

Diem Huong ranks 17th of Miss Grand Slam

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam World 2010 Luu Thi Diem Huong has finished in the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam, at the 17th position.

Vietnamese football team needs naturalized foreign players?

While the failure of the national football squad at AFF Cup has not been analyzed, VFF Chair Nguyen Trong Hy told the local media that the team needs to have naturalized foreign members.

The 10 information and communication highlight events in 2010

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has officially announced the 10 highlights events in information and communication of 2010.

9x and “scandals” in 2010

To have a broad view about the thinking, morals and lifestyle of a group of young people in Vietnam, VietNamNet reviews “trends” and scandals caused by youngsters who were born in the 1990s (9x) in 2010.