It is now considered the worst time for the housing market as the prices have been falling down dramatically. However, if reviewing the market over the last 20 years, one can see that the land and houses have become 100 times more expensive.

Hong Kong's total retail sales value in December 2011, provisionally estimated at 43 billion HK dollars, increased 23.4 percent over a year earlier, the city's Census and Statistics Department announced here Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Vietnam has many fascinating things to discover but it’s the best if you discover them yourself.”

VietNamNet Bridge introduces latest pictures of Bao Tran, the most famous teen model in Vietnam. In these photos, Bao Tran posed in Vietnamese ao dai at a park in central HCM City.

Massage helps relieve pain in damaged muscles by sending anti-inflammation messages to muscle cells, according to a Canadian study published Wednesday in the online edition of Science Translational Medicine.

As Arab and Western countries exert power at the UN Security Council over the Syrian crisis, observers believe that the next few days are crucial for the country which has lived under the brunt of violence for more than 10 months.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and former General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party Le Kha Phieu on February 1 paid a visit to Regiment 940 and Division 372 of the national air force stationed in Binh Dinh.

Dung Quat IZ attracts US$8 billion investment; Ca Mau to develop more farm produce trademarks; Agricultural exports decline; Opening times changed at Lao Bao International Border Gate; Dong Nai to develop support industries  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to ratify an import/export strategy for the period 2011-20 with an orientation towards 2030.

“Whether the Tien Lang land revocation case is a warning about the appearance of undercurrents among people, if the case is not solved reasonably,” lawyer Le Duc Tiet wrote in his diary on the field trip to Tien Lang, Hai Phong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of thousands of pilgrims went to Yen Tu in Quang Ninh province from the early morning of February 1, climbed the high mountain in a bid to touch the bronze pagoda on the mountain top.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Singaporean Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam met on Wednesday in Washington for closer partnership and cooperation.

U.S. private sector employment continued the momentum in the first month of 2012, bringing positive hope for labor market recovery in the new year, said the National Employment Report released Wednesday

Analysts believe that with the new strict regulations on the import procedures, the automobile market in 2012 would have no room for unofficial car imports, while the market would witness the establishment of massive official authorized dealers.

VietNamNet Bridge – After Doan Kien Quoc left the national table-tennis team, Tran Tuan Quynh has become the only hope of Vietnam at Olympic 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Below is the list of ten films that will be launched at cinemas in Vietnam this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists of the Institute of Geophysics have found out signs of tsunamis of thousands of years ago in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces in central Vietnam.

At 7.30am of February 1, while roads crossing many high schools and universities were quite clear, many streets in Hanoi were still in congestion because parents in large numbers took their kids to school and went to the office.

The Department of Export Promotion (DEP) disclosed that overseas markets have shown high demand for Thai herbal health products.

At noon on February 1, when performing exit formalities at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Russian student Shumilov Ivan expressed his sadness because he had to leave Vietnam early, owing to Lanta Tur Voyage’s bankruptcy.