VietNamNet Bridge - The average life expectancy of Vietnamese people has increased to 73 from 72.8 of 2010, according to the General Department of the Population and Family Planning.

Worries have been raised about the arise of the monopoly which may lead to the existence of a gold black market.

VietNamNet Bridge – In an interview with the press on the sideline of the 10th anti-corruption dialogue in Hanoi on November 29, chief government inspector Huynh Phong Tranh emphasized the role of the media in this field.

VietNamNet Bridge – During his time in HCM City, Danish crown prince Frederik Andre Henrik Christian and his escorts dropped in the General Library to see Vietnamese children. He saw kids drawing and talked with them.

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city will hold a flower festival on the road around the Hoan Kiem Lake during the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities with their own financial self-control schemes should have the same rights to set their own tuition fees that private institutions have, a conference heard last Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's health sector has seen progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment in recent years, experts agreed at a two-day seminar that began in HCM City yesterday, Dec 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 112-member squad of disabled Vietnamese athletes is set to compete in seven events in the hope of a top three finish at the ASEAN Para Games, the largest regional sporting event for disabled athletes, in Indonesia

VietNamNet Bridge – A diary written by poet Le Anh Xuan, who was killed in the war for national liberation, was introduced at a meeting organised by HCM City's Writers Association on Wednesday.

HCM City has great potentials to develop tourism, but it still cannot attract as many tourists as expected due to the monotonous tourism products.

Real estate developers complain that they cannot arrange capital to implement their projects. Meanwhile, bankers complain that they cannot find reliable clients to lend to.

Myanmar President U Thein Sein met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the President's Residence in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers say that they decide to become teachers because they love the job. However, the love alone does not allow them live and devote themselves to the teaching.

VietNamNet Bridge – The streams in Bien Hoa City of Dong Nai province are getting seriously polluted. They flow to the Dong Nai River which is the water supply source for millions of local residents.

The Vietnam’s telecom market has developed to the threshold with which it is very difficult to develop more mobile phone subscribers. However, foreign investors still believe that there are still a lot of business opportunities here.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday welcomed the joint action of the world's major central banks to provide cheaper dollar funding to European banks.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Government should cut down 50 percent of the existing regulations and re-consider its role: control or promote development? This is the content of the recent talks between VietNamNet and experts.

Crude prices on Thursday retreated from the high boosted by joint intervention of six major western central banks, as European woes lingered and concerns over Iran nuclear program eased.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday confirmed that if he wins the 2012 presidential election, outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev would replace him in the new government.

Egypt's Prime Minister-designate Kamal al-Ganzouri said on Thursday the new government will hopefully be formed on Saturday.