VietNamNet Bridge – Relevant state agencies have agreed that genetic tests will be the most important method to define the names of war martyrs.

Merger results in the creation of Vietnam Airports Corporation;  IFC hands over business forum operations; Frauds take HCM City consumers for a ride; Lotte Group taps local TV shopping market; Retail sector escapes global gloom

Major international credit rating agencies Standard&Poor's and Moody's announced credit ratings for HCM City-based Sacombank for the first time last Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to Vietnam Social Insurance, if the new hospital charge plan is applied, all the fees will increase by 26 percent.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has been coordinating with other related governmental agencies to accomplish the Proposal on Salary Reform to submit at the fifth meeting of the Central Communist Party Committee by April.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms and linguistic experts commented that the new tourism logo of Vietnam is colorful and vague, which is not very connected to Vietnamese tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quynh Anh, a 25-year-old communications officer in Ha Noi, never thought she would find her spouse through the popular dating site noi.vn.

VietNamNet Bridge – Student housing projects this year will require financing from Government bond issues estimated at VND2.5 trillion (US$119 million), according to the Ministry of Construction.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 24-year-old blind man from the central province of Quang Binh surprised the jury of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012, for playing two foreign songs “Baby” and “Beautiful Girls” by six musical instruments.

American and European regulators Monday approved Internet giant Google's 12.5 billion dollar bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.

The 18-year-old swimmer has had one-month training at the Bolles sports center in Florida, USA. The goal of Vietnam’s leading swimmer is attaining standard A of Olympics at competitions in the Olympic qualifier round in this country.

The White House on Monday projected that the U.S. federal government's budget deficit will reach around 1.33 trillion U.S. dollars in the 2012 fiscal year ending September 2012, fresh evidence of the mounting budgetary pressure . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) has stated that it had never announced to withdraw the Miss Vietnam title of Mai Phuong Thuy.

Souvenir shops in Hanoi were very crowded in the day before the Valentine Day (February 14). At student hostels, the Valentine atmosphere boiled. VietNamNet reports in photos:

VietNamNet Bridge – From April 15 this year it will take only five days, instead of the former seven for overseas Vietnamese to receive a visa waiver.

Normal things now cannot satisfy Vietnamese business giants who always seek original and strange things. They now entertain guests with foreign wine glasses with glistening gold sheets inside, or use gold masks to nourish the skin.

VietNamNet Bridge – Charnel house statues – part of the unique cultural identity of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) ethnic groups, are likely to disappear, experts warn.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) decided to move the national premier football championship closer to a fully professional regime by setting up the Viet Nam Professional Football JSC (VPF) last year.

Angola’s Vice President praises Vietnam’s past struggle; Party leader praises senior retired cadres’ contributions; Lao military officer welcomed in Hanoi; Ambassador presents credentials to Monaco's Prince Albert II

Bird flu epidemic spreads to Haiphong; Man caught with $110,000 on entering Vietnam; HCM City market busy for Valentine’s Day; Road safety week launched in Quang Ninh