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Cambodia marks victory over genocidal regime

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Jan. 7 held a meeting to mark the 33 rd anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge Genocidal Regime (Jan. 7, 1979).

South Korean movie stars join auction for charity in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Song Seung Hun and Kim Tae Hee arrived in Hanoi on January 6, to promote their latest drama “My Princess” and join a charity event.

Italian football star's visit to Vietnam in photos

VietNamNet Bridge - Italian football international star Fabio Cannavaro, who played for world famous FCs as Inter Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid, had two busy days in HCM City, January 6-8.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/1

Hi-tech hotel-hospital opens in capital; Dr. McKinnon performed 3rd surgery in Vietnam; Poor children to be given heart surgery; Woman arrested for abusing home help

Listed companies unassertive when setting up business targets for 2012

The anticipated macroeconomic difficulties have made listed companies unassertive when discussing business plans for 2012.

Hoang Thi Thuy wins Vietnam’s Next Top Model, season 2

VietNamNet Bridge – The contestant from Thanh Hoa province defeated Le Thi Thuy and Tra My in the final night in HCM City on the evening of January 8 to be the winner of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011.

Federer, Nadal out of Qatar Open

Frenchman Gael Monfil supset top seeded Rafael Nadal, while defending champion Roger Federer pulled out of the Qatar Open for back injury on Friday.

Ha Long tourist boats must be painted in white

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Quang Ninh province have decided to paint all tourist boats in Ha Long Bay in white, despite boat owners’ disagreement.

Justin Bieber to promote Vietnamese toys in US

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber will promote Vietnamese toys at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 10, said CES’s official website.

A review of Vietnam’s 2011 monetary market

Despite achievements in curbing inflation and macro-economic stabilization, the Vietnamese monetary market last year still remained unstable.

Studios roll out holiday movie offerings

VietNamNet Bridge – Filmmakers are spending a lot on special effects in the hope of luring moviegoers to cinemas this coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Memorial house honours work of writer Kim Lan

VietNamNet Bridge – A memorial house to celebrate the life of late writer Kim Lan has been inaugurated in Ha Noi.

Supreme People's Procuracy launches 2012 tasks

The procuracy sector should accelerate the settlement of key cases and those attracting public attention, and devise a project to renew the organisational system of People's Procuracies at all levels and enhance personnel training

Ha Long to host first Asia-Pacific Poetry Festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 80 poets from throughout the world will gather in Viet Nam next month to take part in the first Asia Pacific Poetry Festival.

Travel firms, hotels want to quote prices in foreign currencies

The enterprises operating in the tourism sector have proposed government agencies to allow them to quote the prices of products and services in popular foreign currencies such as Euro or US dollars, instead of Vietnam dong.

Minister discusses major health issues with public

VietNamNet Bridge – Hospital overload, the quality of health services, human resources and food safety topped the list of issues raised by members of the public to health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien on Saturday during an on-line dialogue.

Merchants at markets get puzzled because of plastic bag price increases

The prices of many kinds of plastic bags have been increasing dramatically in the last few days. Especially, some package shops have closed the doors these days, which has made the plastic bag supply short.

Vietnam tries to tighten the lending to fund outward investment

Amid the worries about the low efficiency of outward investment and the foreign currency bleeding, the Ministry of Planning and Investment MPI plans to apply a series of drastic measures to manage the outward investment.

Ha Noi T&T stay top after Binh Duong own goal

VietNamNet Bridge – An own-goal by Becamex Binh Duong's goalkeeper Dinh Hoang La resulted in victory for Ha Noi T&T yesterday, Jan 9, in the second round match of the Super-League.

BKAV: 2.3 billion dong for Bkav.com domain name inexpensive

Nguyen Tu Quang, General Director of BKAV, a well known Vietnamese anti-virus solution provider, on January 4, announced that BKAV has successfully bought back the bkav.com domain name from a US Company at 2.3 billion dong.