VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Records Books (Vietkings) announced it has necessary papers to prove Tran Thi Viet from the southern Long An province is 118 years old and is thus the oldest documented person Vietnam.

Two suicide bombers Monday targeted a meeting of pro-government tribal elders in a Pakistani tribal region and killed at least 50 people, officials said.

Vietnam is now ranking fifth among the 10 countries, which are facing the highest risk, in the 2010’s reports about information security released by prestigious security firms, including McAfee, Kaspersky or CheckPoint.

VietNamNet Bridge - Up until now Vietnamese real estate developers used the services provided by foreign consultancy firms. This has changed recently as they need new solutions to boost their sales in the gloomy market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The travel industry has called for organising sales programmes during the low tourist season to attract more visitors and persuade them to loosen their purse strings.

VietNamNet Bridge - The trade deficit may be narrowing year after year but remains a concern, a minister has said.

Japanese martial arts performed in Hanoi; Vietnamese cultural space opens in Cuba; Cultural activities to celebrate the Christmas Seasons; Viet Nam's first coffee museum set to open; City to host international food festival

VietNamNet Bridge – The first-ever Vietnamese fashion show in the UK took place in London on December 5 evening.  

US congressmen support Vietnam’s Agent Orange victims; Vietnam, Thailand cooperation develops on many levels; Gov’t provides VND335 billion for disaster-hit provinces; HCM City’s official meets Russian guests

National action month for population launched; Indonesian community donates blood; Artist's Viet Nam ride promotes road safety; Thua Thien Hue trains rural workforce; Market violations continue to rise; Investors reticent to support culture

Masters set for showdown; Seminar spotlights VN taekwondo; Japanese perform martial arts; VN plan for extra height, fitness

VietNamNet Bridge - Commuters squeeze into a narrow strip of Le Van Sy Street in HCMC that is blocked by an ongoing city improvement project

VietNamNet Bridge - One in every four resorts in Binh Thuan Province does not treat wastewater because of lacking wastewater facilities, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's football team will meet Singapore in a make-or-break match in Group B of the ASEAN Football Championship AFF-Suzuki Cup tomorrow.

A project that focuses on policies and measures to attract Vietnamese experts and intellectuals living abroad will be completed in 2011 and submitted to the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge - An outdoor concert, Loreto-Fest, will be held on the lawns of RMIT University in HCM City to raise funds for underprivileged Vietnamese children on Saturday, organisers have said.

The World Wide Fund (WWF) has transferred tra catfish to the red from the yellow list in its latest guides. This is evidently an intentionally biased and groundless suggestion that will negatively affect Vietnam’s tra fish export.

Vietnam has announced that it will join the negotiations for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The Vietnamese business community has agreed that Vietnam needs to join the new game.

Vietnam likely to import 250,000 tonnes of sugar in 2011; Association hikes rice export price; Bank credit rate hits dizzy 20%; Bedding maker to list in HCM City; Fisheries sector opposes WWF tra-fish decision

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has become an “important link” in the global wildlife trafficking chain, an official said, citing 700 trafficking cases involving 5,000 wild animals and plants have been busted in 2010’s first half.

In recent years, a great deal of farm businesses have been set up in the Mekong Delta, most of them are engaged in aquaculture, horticulture and husbandry.

On the road of renewal and development, Vietnam has obtained important achievements, but is a poor nation and needs cooperation and helps from international friends, including Ukraine, NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said.

Vietnam has successfully concluded its presidential term of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2010 and has left strong impressions on ASEAN friends.

A Disney princess has edged out a young wizard in the latest battle for power at a time of doldrums which reined the post-Thanksgiving North America box office this weekend.