VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to limit foreign volleyball players from competing in the country from 2013.

Ten years ago, five percent of the total Da Lat flowers was exported to different countries in the world. In 2011, the proportion remained the same.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Viet Nam's close coordination with Cambodia for the common success of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh on January 11 defeated Wang Zhangming from China, passing the first qualifying round of Malaysia Open 2012.

Five to eight more banks will be involved in merger in 2012 as part of the process of restructuring credit institutions, said Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Binh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting member of US House of Representatives Robert Filner in Hanoi on January 11.

The number of smart phones on the Vietnamese market is big enough, while the Vietnamese people are rich enough to buy any apps they want. The problem now is that they do not spend money on Vietnamese apps.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has paid approximately 76.9 billion dollars of its estimated 2011 net income to the U.S. Treasury, the central bank said in a statement Tuesday.

The United Nations and the Libyan authorities on Tuesday signed an agreement establishing the legal framework under which the UN mission set up last year to support the North African country's post-conflict reconstruction efforts will operate.

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has made the list of ten endangered species to be on the look-out for in 2012, including some species in Southeast Asia and Vietnam, such as Irrawaddy dolphin, tiger and Javan rhino.

Beethoven's Fifth. Michelangelo's Pietà. Plato's Republic. Cornerstones of human civilization, to be sure, but they all pale in comparison to what we saw today at CES: TOSY's new mRobo robot, inspired by Justin Bieber.

VietNamNet Bridge – Improved infrastructure and diversified tourism products will be the focus as the central province of Thua Thien- Hue and other north central provinces prepare to observe National Tourism Year 2012.

Businesses, which are facing high inventory level and production stagnation, welcome the New Year 2012 in anxiety.

University lecturers have recently voiced their concern that Vietnam’s education has been “staying alone” and it does not have the international connection.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lunar New Year (Tet holiday) is coming in ten days and peach and kumquat trees are transported on Hanoi streets. Flower markets are also bustling.

Conflicts among hundreds of scalpers raring to stock up on the new iPhone 4S are casting a shadow over the gadget's launch on the Chinese mainland on Friday.

Venus Williams of the United States, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, announced her withdrawal from the Australian Open on Monday.

Banks again breach deposit rate cap; Dalat flowers struggling for export; Vinacomin rolls out updated business targets; Retail value climbs by 24.2% in 2011; Auto sales fall 12 per cent in December

It is imperative to make a real change in Party organization and building, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the national conference on Party-building work in 2012 that closed in Hanoi on January 11.

Several big banks have earned hefty profits in 2011, marking a year of successful operation among large players in the banking industry despite the negative economic downturn at home.