Natalie Portman, already riding high during awards season with "Black Swan," took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday for the first time in five years with her romantic comedy debut.

At least 31 people were killed and over 130 were injured in an explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, the Russian Health Ministry said.

Stronger measures called for in battle against corruption; Diplomatic corps visit Ho Dynasty Citadel; VN attends Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum; Deputy PM pays a New Year visit to Yen Bai

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh was ranked seventh in the world in January according to the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Entrepreneurs asked to ‘take and give’; Cement sales up 10%; City committed to curbing Tet price rises; Japan provides $700m loan for development; US$5b in seafood exports targeted; Firm signs airline crockery contract

Hanoians now know for sure that they will have to spend more on peach and kumquat trees this Tet. The cold weather has pushed their prices by 15-30 percent in comparison with the previous Tet.  

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that his administration will actively consider local production of vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which has ravaged the country's livestock industry since its first outbreak

Many localities considered the “paradise of resort real estate”, have granted a lot of investment licenses. However, the investors only registered the projects to reserve the land,  as many do not have the capability to implement them.

VietNamNet Bridge – A story told through photos by Pham Vu Dung won the Gold Cup of the Viet Nam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) at a ceremony for the best pix of 2010 last Friday.

Sir Elton John is "fed up" with being a treated like a "second-class citizen" in the U.S.

The first training session for Egyptian Chinese language teachers to improve their teaching ability started on Sunday in Cairo.

Chinese American movie star and kung fu master Jet Li paid a visit to Hanoi on January 20-24 to attend charity activities as a goodwill ambassador for the International Red Cross.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam tour companies are competing for both domestic and international travellers for the forthcoming Tet holiday season. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh these days is packed with overseas Vietnamese returning home for the country’s most celebrated holiday.

Giving up good positions, high salaries and stable working environment to return to Vietnam, overseas Vietnamese (Viet Kieu) experts share the dream to conquer challenges and build a stronger country.  

National Assembly (NA) Chair Nguyen Phu Trong on January 21 issued a resolution to announce the day of NA election on May 22 and set up the NA Election Council.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hanoi authorities and thousands of people of Gia Lam and Soc Son districts, Hanoi, welcomed the UNESCO’s Certificate of World Intangible Heritage for the Saint Giong Festival on January 22.  

VietNamNet Bridge - By January 23 afternoon, relatives of the 24 Vietnamese fishermen seized by Somali pirates on January 17 off Oman seas have yet to receive information about the hostages except for one secret email sent by a captured ca

Two Vietnamese models – Lan Huong and Quang Thinh – received the “Asian model” titles in Seoul on January 21.

More than 13,000 people joined the Lawrence S.Ting charity walk in HCM City’s Phu My Hung new residential area on January 22 to raise fund for the poor on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The director of “Pao’s Story” – Ngo Quang Hai – turned the “Code of Style” fashion show into a magic show of fashion, drama and performance art.

VietNamNet Bridge – This is the title of a Canadian sculptor’s exhibition which has captured the world’s attention. The exhibition came to Vietnam on January 22.

Vietnam’s retail market remains very attractive in the eyes of foreign investors, even though Vietnam’s GRDI (the global retail development index) in 2010 fell by eight grades in comparison with 2009

Educators have voiced their worries about the current university enrollment process which has been described as “running after profit and ignoring the quality of training”.

In 2010 alone, 58.6 million computers in Vietnam were infected with viruses. This means that 160,000 computers were infection a day. Network security experts believe that it is  time to ring the alarm bell over the virus infections in Vietnam.