VietNamNet Bridge – The duration required for granting a visa exemption for overseas Vietnamese to enter Vietnam has been reduced from seven to five business days on receipt of valid applications, according to a prime ministerial decision.

The Grammys were awarded Sunday in Los Angeles as The Recording Academy grappled with the task of paying tribute to one of its fallen greats, Whitney Houston who died the night before.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City-based Audio Books for the Blind Charity Fund recently completed titles to add to its audio book library, including textbooks, reference books, history books, and fairy tales.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh plays very well at the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012. He defeated the world third and 32nd players and is now at his best form.

Most of the Vietnamese people think that foreign tourists are all the rich people whom they need overcharge. They also think that the money the foreigners spend in Vietnam is just a small part of the tourists’ big fortunes.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday urged the public not to panic over three explosions in Bangkok related to three Iranians.

Most of the students asked to write about their thoughts about the learning shift changes have expressed their disagreement to the decision about the new school hours.

Vietnam joins NAM for the advancement of women; President tours rural programme pilot site; S Africa president meets with VN union chief; HCM City hosts Party building conference

Tens of people gathered in front of the Dung Quat bio-ethanol plant on February 13 to oppose the plant’s behavior of causing pollution and killing fishes.

One of the tasks the Minister of Finance has told the State Securities Commission (SSC) to do right in the first quarter of 2012 is to inspect securities companies, the process of restructuring securities companies remains on… paper.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni expressed their delight to the good terms between the two neighbouring countries, as the two met in Ha Noi yesterday, Feb 14.

The government will inspect many state-owned economic corporations’ obedience of salary- and income-related legal regulations this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - As soon as the Prime Minister requested to re-consider the sentence on Mr. Doan Van Vuon, many lawyers have raised their views.

The eighth Senior Officials’ Meeting on fighting human trafficking in the Mekong sub-regional countries opened in Hanoi on February 14, drawing the participation of 150 delegates from China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Appeared on the Vietnamese market in late 2011, but 3D mobile phones had not attracted users until recently, when the products have become cheaper.

The number of Facebook users in Georgia reached a new high in 2011, according to figures published by local media.

Stretching 192km along the coast, the southern province of Binh Thuan boasts great potential for tourism development, especially sea tourism - the most popular in Vietnam.

It is understandable why the State Bank has not eased the interest rates, though the current factors all support the interest rate reduction.

Turkey's first face transplant patient Ugur Acar on Monday saw himself in the mirror for the first time after a successful surgery three weeks ago, the country's semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Ngo Hoang Viet has never forgotten to wear mask whenever he went to street for years. Viet said he is afraid the most the after-work hour because that is the time of dirt and smoke from vehicles.