VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese bodybuilders grabbed three silvers and one bronze from the second Asian Beach Games which is ongoing in Muscat, Oman.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first Northern Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships kicked off last Friday with the participation of nearly 270 athletes from 23 delegations at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The semi-finals of the region's biggest football championship will be especially significant this year, as foreign-born players are competing on several teams.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Geminid, one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year, can be visible from Vietnam on December 14, according to Nguyen Duc Phuong of the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmography Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – A South Korea fishing boat carrying 42 sailors was sunken at 4:30 am, December 13 in the Antarctic Ocrean. There were 11 Vietnamese sailors on the ship.

Hundreds of people jostled at the yard of the Vietnam Football Federation’s office in Hanoi to register for the tickets for the second semi-final match between Vietnam and Malaysia at the ASEAN Football Cup (AFF) 2010 on December 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taiwan-based Wintek Corp will build a $100 million plant in the northern Bac Giang Province to manufacture touch screens for Apple Corp’s products.

Fifteen large scale commercial banks are onboard with three switching companies Banknetvn, Smartlink and VNBC to offer card holders in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with more points of acceptance (POS) from December 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - A model in a made-in-Vietnam dress designed by Vietnamese French fashion designer Linda Mai Phung. Inspired by H’mong and Bana weaves, Phung has given a chic and exotic look to traditional fabric.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign firms have rejected speculation that they report losses to avoid paying tax even when they have money to expand their business, explaining the funds come from bank loans and customers.

The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha on December 11 held a lantern festival in Hai Phong to call for assistance for flood victims in the central Vietnam, pray for peace and prosperity for the country and pray for peace for the souls of martyrs.

Analysts have said as the world’s economy is recovering a new flow of foreign capital is returning to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The backpacker grapevine, online and word of mouth, lands Vietnam travelers in areas where Westerners congregate such as HCM City’s Pham Ngu Lao area in District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are teachers from lowland who go to remote mountainous areas of Thanh Son, Trung Thanh and Trung Son of Quan Hoa district in Thanh Hoa province, to bring literacy to local residents.

VietNamNet Bridge – Waste water treatment is a big problem in Vietnam’s cities, according to a workshop on waste water control and treatment in Vietnam’s cities held by the Ministry of Construction and Germany’s GTZ on December 8.

VietNamNet Bridge - The much hyped “Xin Chao” (Hello), a show featuring a mix of music and dance and depicting Vietnamese legends, has failed to amuse even Ho Chi Minh City’s undemanding audiences, thanks to its sloppiness.

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VietNamNet Bridge - A tropical low pressure zone is now centered 240 kilometers east off Khanh Hoa – Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces’ coast, 9.7-10.7 degrees latitude north and 110.1-111.1 degrees longitude east on December 13. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A representative of Google in South East Asia shared his optimistic view on Vietnam market in a seminar on export solutions and online marketing on Wednesday, citing the increasing number of Internet users in the country.