VietNamNet Bridge – The general secretary of the Viet Nam Football Federation, Tran Quoc Tuan, won a seat on the Asian Football Confederation's executive committee at the 24th AFC Congress that wrapped up on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending V-League champions Ha Noi T&T fought back to win the Super Cup at Hang Day Stadium yesterday against Song Lam Nghe An, winning 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in normal time.

PM hails Front co-operation; Party theory focuses on reality; Vietnam attends Sweden’s Party Congress; People's Procuracy urged to improve performance; Greek man awarded VN friendship medal

VietNamNet Bridge – Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Cardinal Ivan Dias has expressed the hope that each Vietnamese parishioner would live the gospel amidst the nation and be good and exemplary citizens . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Since its establishment, the Communist Party of Viet Nam has held 10 Congresses. Each Congress is considered an important historical milestone in recognising the Vietnamese revolution's victories,

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of violations of environmental law increased by 43 per cent in 2010 compared to 2009, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

VietNamNet Bridge – Public universities should streamline administration of evening classes and focus on improving the quality of training provided, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several new comic book series for children written and designed by Vietnamese authors and artists from HCM City-based TVC Culture Company will hit bookstore shelves nation-wide this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Historic buildings in two localities that functioned as commercial port towns during the Nguyen dynasty are in a severely dilapidated condition.

VietNamNet Bridge – Esquire magazine has chosen singer and actress Ngo Thanh Van as the sexiest woman alive in Viet Nam, the first time a Vietnamese woman was selected for the magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas, . . .

Dong Thap Province to welcome in Tet with art shows, festivals; Hundreds join Ha Noi High School English Festival; Choir festival welcomes opening of 11th Party Congress

Seventy-two people, including 12 crew members, were killed when a passenger plane with 105 people on board crashed Sunday evening in northwest Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported early Monday morning.

Leading financial experts have warned domestic banks that they could suffer market losses this year as Viet Nam's commitments with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the operation of foreign banks comes into effect.

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2010 witnessed an important milestone in Vietnam’s robot industry, when a made-in-Vietnam robot was warmly welcomed in the world market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Automakers in Vietnam are now rushing to import cars from ASEAN member countries as import tariffs on automobiles have just been slashed to 70 percent from the previous 82 percent rate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanks to the current cold spell in northern Vietnam, Mau Son mounts in the northern border province of Lang Son have become a favorite destination for photographers and tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators are complaining about the virtues of school students nowadays, saying that they are not only lazy in expressing their opinions during lessons, but they also lazy when doing house work.

VietNamNet Bridge - Although Viet Nam's mobile telecom costs are already low compared to many Asian countries, service providers are looking to cut their charges further in a race to expand their market share.

Shaking off economic woes, retail sales hit $80 billion in 2010; Stabilisation efforts trigger more price cuts for staple goods; Top 2010 securities brokerages announced; Nation achieves average five-year growth of 7%

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of spectators enjoyed a big feast served by The Lost Souls Club rock band from Great Britain and Vietnamese top rockers in the Tiger Translate rock concert in HCM City on January 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's stock markets performed poorly in the year's first trading week with the benchmark indices retreating on both exchanges because of investor uncertainty over market trends.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two consecutive cold spells will hit the northern region this week with the temperatures dropping to between 5-8 degrees Celsius, warned the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Center.

The 11th Party Central Committee may have around 175 official members and 25 alternate members, said Nguyen The Ky, vice chief of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Department.

 Experts believe that amending the Personal Income Tax (PIT) law is urgent because it has become “out of date”. While consumer goods’ prices have been increasing sharply, the threshold for taxation remains very low at 4 million dong.

Buying the right to attend the First Division Tournament from Hoa Phat V&V and changing the team name into Saigon Xuan Thanh, the new football club is emerging as a new power after purchasing several players of the national squad.