A strengthened cold wave may hit northern Vietnam on January 6 and 9, making the temperature dropping to under 10 degrees Celsius, the National Hydrometeorology Forecast Center said.

Impressive statistics of Vietnam’s economic and social achievements were made public at the end of 2010. Readers have emailed VietNamNet to express their opinions and their support to the government.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem said that one of the six key tasks in foreign affairs in 2011 is seeking solutions to definitively solve border issues with neighbors.

In Hanoi, the salaries that teachers get are so low that many teachers have given up their jobs, while others have to take extra jobs to earn a living.

Experts all say that the golden age of desktops is over, not only in Vietnam, but in other countries aroundthe world as well.

The year 2010 finished with the record numbers of garment and rice export turnovers and the number of foreign tourists as reviewed by Tuoi tre.

Holding the volume of shares worth 2,340 billion dong, Pham Thu Huong has topped the list of the 50 richest women on the stock market released by, though Huong’s stock assets’ value remains to be lower than the 2009 richest woman’s.

Professor Regina Abrami from Harvard Business School shared her thoughts about MBA training and gave advices about how Vietnam can exist and develop next to China, fields in which she is very knowledgeable.

Experts believe that the year 2011 will witness a new stage of development in the telecom market with telecom companies shaking hands to co-exist and develop side by side instead of fiercely competing by lowering charges.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) province of Lam Dong has scored a national first in completing a housing programme for the poor under Government Decision 167.

Poverty in ethnic-inhabited areas decrease sharply; Film contest on water resources; Binh Duong workers get free travel home; Six fishermen rescued off central coast; Premature baby survives in Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – With the period before Tet usually seeing demand for temporary workers spike, job centres have their busiest time of the year, acting as intermediaries between mainly students and employers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The quality of living for Vietnamese was not high, but it was gradually increasing, said Do Ngoc Tan, head of the Department of Population and Family Planning.

Misleading food labels may lead to unintentional consumption of significant amounts of potentially harmful trans fats, U.S. researchers warn.

The sheer fact that pigs and humans are mammals means that we share some genes, but it is simplistic to put an actual figure on the amount of genetic material we have in common, Australian scientist said on Monday.

As the three new pan-European financial watchdogs began to operate at the start of 2011, the European financial sector will usher in a new era of tough supervision.

The Egyptian police has found debris of the suspect of a church blast in New Year's Eve, Egyptian local media reported Tuesday.

U.S. special envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) policy Stephen Bosworth met here Wednesday with Wi Sung-lac, South Korea's chief envoy to nuclear talks as he seeks to coordinate opinions of countries involved

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Naoto Kan said Tuesday the government must consider comprehensive tax reform, including raising the sales tax to support the struggling economy

An explosive device went off in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing one police officer and injuring three others including two civilians, an official of the Interior Ministry said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top striker Le Cong Vinh is set to return to action in the next month, just two to three weeks after the V-League season kicks off.

VietNamNet Bridge – Golf has been played in western countries for centuries and has recently become even more popular all over the world. It will also be added to the Olympics in 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners from southern provinces and HCM City's suburban districts of Hoc Mon and Thu Duc are hoping that their hard work to meet customers' demands for the coming Tet festival will pay off in handsome profits.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 120 Vietnamese and foreign cultural experts will gather in HCM City on Sunday for a three-day conference to discuss ways to revive don ca tai tu, or southern amateur music.

First-phase restoration of Hanoi’s last ancient city gate completed; Commemorative bell tower dedicated in Ha Tinh; Centre receives artefacts from citadel site; Southern province promotes eco-tourism, cultural tourism