VietNamNet Bridge – Organisers and teachers of tutoring classes would be required to pay personal income tax on their earnings, according to the draft circular released lately for public opinion by the Ministry of Education and Training.

China's central bank said Sunday it will maintain a prudent monetary policy as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation.

After receiving sky high Tet bonuses, bank officers now are going to get the 2011 income’s back pay. Analysts believe that this sum of money, in fact, is the Tet bonus.

Vietnam has been ranked seventh out of the 10 countries seen as having the best prospects for long-term growth, announced HSBC on the business and financial news website CNBC.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several groups and dozens of individuals have been honoured at a ceremony in the northern province of Phu Tho for their contributions to preserving xoan singing.

Vinh Quang Commune has offered to give temporary accommodation to the family of Doan Van Vuon, a local farmer who has been detained after resisting a forced removal decision imposed on his land, but Vuon’s wife has yet to accept the offer.

The BBC Television has covered cruise safety in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay.

Vietnamese track-and-field athletes have been disqualified for the 2012 London Olympics despite winning one silver and one bronze at the Asian Indoor Athletics Champs in China from February 16-19.

VietNamNet Bridge – All big spending teams enjoyed victory in the sixth round of the national premier league over the weekend.

As gas price has been increasing continuously, housewives have shifted to use honeycomb coal stoves which smoke apartment buildings out everyday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The avian flu virus has genetically changed into new, highly toxic viruses that spread easily and resist vaccines while Vietnam has no vaccines to prevent these new kinds of flu in humans.

VietNamNet Bridge – A mountain suddenly broke, killing a young couple and making congestion on National Highway 6 in Mai Chau district, the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Overseas Vietnamese aid disabled at home; Swiss-funded community project a success; Graduate bikes around city to find job; Nam Dinh enters new project phase

Italian semi-documentary film essay "Caesar Must Die" (Italy) by senior Italian sibling directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, won the Golden Bear for the Best Film, at the awarding ceremony of 62nd Berlinale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Policy-makers from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) began discussions today, Feb 20, on the challenges and opportunities for balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability in Bangkok.

Int’l women’s volleyball tournament opens; Vietnamese football aims to enter Asian top 10 by 2030; Female Vietnamese wrestler wins Asia silver medal; Young Vietnamese boxers to train in UK    

Game manufacturers now can see big business opportunities after the government expressed its support to the development of purely Vietnamese games and educational games.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang awarded Ho Chi Minh and State prizes to the minds behind 32 ground breaking scientific projects in 2010 at a ceremony in Hanoi on Feb. 18.

President tours Thanh Hoa Province; Boosting Vietnam-Cuba ties; Vietnam attends executive leadership program in US; NA Vice Chairwoman receives Thai MPs

VietNamNet Bridge – After a harrowing experience, the ship DNa 0732 ship, owned by Dang Van Vu, docked successfully at 9.30pm on February 18.