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.

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.