Northern province displays largest bronze drum in Vietnam; Lam Dong Province promoting tea culture; Four Vietnamese films to take part in APFF 2010; Vietnam’s highest Buddhist tower opens; Book on President Ho featured in Germany

VietNamNet Bridge - The condo-hotel is an alien concept for Vietnam but developers now believe the time is right to introduce this product to the market. Duc Hanh examines what the attractions are for investors and owners.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is forecast to face quite a few serious drought times in 2011, especially during the dry season from December, 2010 to April, the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Centre has warned.

Besides Doan Nguyen Duc, a businessman who is famous for his Hoang Anh Gia Lai football team, Gia Lai province has another businessman who also invests in sports – Bui Phap, the chair of Duc Long Military Zone 5 volleyball team.

VietNamNet Bridge – InnovGreen stated that the main goal of its long-term forest planting project in Vietnam is “benefiting the local people and local authorities”. But is it true?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s new environmental law does not have enough teeth to be a deterrent against businesses discharging untreated wastewater into rivers.

VietNamNet Bridge - From December, tourists will be able to explore Phu Quoc island at their own pace in a new five-seat Kia New Morning rental car from Vietravel.

VietNamNet Bridge – A businessman named Duc is widely known as the first man in Vietnam who successfully bred bears and for other  of his odd hobbies.

South Korea on Friday named Kim Kwan-jin, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), as new defense minister as the former defense chief resigned to shoulder for a series of recent mishaps, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.

At least 40 people were killed on Friday when a car bomb hit followers of Houthi-led Shiite procession in Yemen's northern province of Saada, second of its kind in less than three days, a local councilman said.

Friendship association extends condolence to Cambodia; Vietnam-Russia research centre opens office in Moscow; New bird flu outbreak in Nam Dinh; Goods train hits railway guard; Cold spell hits northern region

Bulgarian ambassador awarded friendship award; President wants close ties with Mongolia; PM send condolences to New Zealand; Mexico’s Labour Party (PT) presents Ho Chi Minh statue to Hanoi

Vietnam central agencies are initiating probe into a Hanoi-based company for allegedly taking US$10 million in return for securing an Australian firm a lucrative contract procuring polymer for printing banknotes in Vietnam.

Nghi Son joint-venture distributor approved; Shares manage gains in HCM City, lose in Ha Noi; Quang Nam revokes licence for $4.15b resort

A Russian manned spacecraft returned to Earth and landed in the central steppes of Kazakhstan early Friday safely, said the Mission Control outside Moscow.

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked the departments of Education and Training in cities and provinces to crack down on fights among high-school students nationwide that have reached an alarming level. 

Rock mining has leveled mountains at a UNESCO biosphere reserve along the coast of Kien Giang Province even as cement factories severely pollute the environment, residents say.

The “economic downturn storm” has put hard pressure on Vietnamese enterprises. However, the 500 of the biggest Vietnamese enterprises can survive the storm, develop strongly and get ready to go to the open sea.

Export companies continue keeping the dollars they earn from export contracts on their accounts and refusing to sell dollars to banks, thus putting a hard pressure on the dollar supply.

VietNamNet Bridge – Who must take responsibility for SABECO’s risk of being swallowed by a Singaporean partner?

Cao Sy Kiem, the Member of the National Advisory Council for Monetary Policies, warned that a high inflation rate in 2010 will show its impacts on the national economy in 2011 and cause difficulties to the economic operations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Northern highland Cao Bang Province's People's Committee has fined a mining company VND100 million, about US$5,100, for a mudslide at its iron ore mine that inundated houses, fields and roads.

Many schools get puzzled when implementing the pilot English teaching programme for first graders. The problem is that the demand far exceeds the teaching ability.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 5,000 poor households in four provinces will be given a helping hand to increase income and job opportunities during the next two years.

The iPhone 4 market has become scorching hot in Vietnam. Mobile phone service providers do not have enough of them to sell. The prices have increased several times.