The controversy over the “Le Hoi Dam Trau” or buffalo slaughtering festival in Vietnam’s Central Highlands became very hot on the local media recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – A sinkholesuddenly appeared in a village in Hanoi on December 21, swallowing the kitchen of a local family.

VietNamNet Bridge - Shrimp exports reached record levels this year with overseas sales bringing in more than $2 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - The seven Vietnamese sailors who were rescued after the Korean ship No. 1 In Sung sank off Antarctica on December 13 are expected to fly to Korea in the next several days before coming home.

VietNamNet Bridge - Stock indices barely registered a reaction yesterday to the announcement from the General Statistics Office that Viet Nam saw double-digit inflation of 11.75 per cent this year, with inflation in December alone of 1.98 per cent.

Food poisoning hits factory workers; Flood claims lives of three children; Two arrested for firecrackers; VN Airlines puts on extra 600 flights; Trawlers get new tracking devices; Flood of ‘genuine' fakes cream high profits from festive season 

VietNamNet Bridge – Roche has not yet proved that Nanogen violated intellectual property laws, said Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang on an interview with VNExpress on December 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation's universities and colleges have stepped up IT departments over the past decade, but the quality of training is still limited due to educators' inadequate foreign language abilities and professional knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – It's a strange land that leaves me with different feelings whenever I come to rediscover it.

HCM City football has shown intentions of putting a stop to its shameful results over the last two years at local football competitions as HCM City and Navibank Sai Gon football clubs have revamped their teams for the new season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumer price index (CPI) of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi is 9.58 per cent and 9.56 per cent respectively this year, according to their statistics office bureaus.

VietNamNet Bridge - Electronic customs has been officially introduced at some ports since mid-December to quicken goods clearance but frustration has grown among enterprises as they are struggling with the slower procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mild winter is pervading all roads and houses in the Central and Central Highlands regions with cold breezes and scenic landscapes of old, bare trees enveloped in the misty fog.

At least 15 people were detained and six injured, including four police officers from the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), on Thursday night in Buenos Aires during a clash at the Constitution train station, police sources said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever I visit Hanoi, the first place I think of is the Temple of Literature, where the tree-shaded grounds and the buildings tell of the times that scholars studied there.

Ha Long Bay ranks 6th in National Geographic cruise list; Central region helicopter tours offered; Locals snatch up package tours; Da Nang to host firework contest; Quang Nam tourist complex gets nod

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam strives to be one of the world’s top 40 nations whose Information Technology (IT) students meet international qualifications by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's infertility rate stands at eight per cent, and the infertility rate is equal in men and women, according to Nguyen Viet Tien, deputy health minister and director of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Road upgrading in Ha Noi will be suspended from December 30 through to Lunar New Year (Tet) which falls in February 2011, the Ha Noi Transport Department announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's Health Insurance Fund was expected to run a surplus of VND3.5 trillion (US$175 million) this year, said deputy general director of the Viet Nam Social Insurance Nguyen Minh Thao.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Christian community made a major contribution to helping Viet Nam overcome the effects of the global financial crisis and natural disasters this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem yesterday, Dec 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 254 workplace accidents in the first 10 months of the year killed 287 workers nationwide, according to statistics released by the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour.

VietNamNet Bridge – A plan to develop water transport as a supplement to the ever-more congested roads of HCM City is progressing well, according to city officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lax application of the law by local police and authorities have blunted efforts to reduce and prevent domestic violence in the city, officials said at a workshop earlier this week.