VietNamNet Bridge – Laos's Vincent Ang finished first in the third stage of the ADC-Vinh Long Television international men's cycling event yesterday, Dec 27, to claim the overall lead with a time of 7hr, 9min and 22 sec.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lt General Nguyen Tuan Dung, deputy chairman of the Political General Department of the Viet Nam People's Army, welcomed Maj General Liu Ding Xin, Political Commissar of China's Hainan province Military Zone,

VietNamNet Bridge – Betting up to VND5 billion ($240,000) for a game of chess, with several games of failure, the deputy director of the Department of Transport of the southern province of Soc Trang had to entreat help from police.

Experts believe that the government needs to impose heavy tax on luxury imports in order to reduce the trade gap and encourage Vietnamese people to use domestically products.

The purpose of organizing national tourism years in different localities is to advertise the hosting localities as the tourism destinations, which serve as the key events of the years to popularize Vietnam tourism images.

The demand for web designing has been increasing rapidly, since businesses now think that they need eye-catching websites with friendly interfaces which can help them boost e-commerce and popularize their products.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday appointed Vladislav Surkov, the presidential administration's first deputy head, as a deputy prime minister in charge of the country's economic modernization.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified the country's mineral resources strategy for 2020 with a vision to 2030.

An earthquake measuring 6.6-magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Russia's southeastern Siberian republic of Tuva on Tuesday, said local emergency center.

The gene conservation of specialty plant varieties has been mostly carried out at labs. As a result, plant varieties gradually loss the natural development progress, and they can only maintain genes at some certain moments.

While office and business workers have been anxious these days to know how much they will get for Tet bonuses, teachers say Tet bonus proves to be an “abstract dream” for them.

Proclaimed as a National Park in September 2000, U Minh Thuong in Kien Giang Province is a vast wetland rich in fish and waterbirds. The park has become an attractive site for tourists, especially those whose hobby is fishing.

Brazil will surpass Britain to become the sixth largest economy in the world this year, according to a British study published on Monday.

In a bid to streamline its unprofitable television business, Sony said on Monday it would sell nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung to the South Korean company for 940 million U.S. dollars,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 27, made public the new slogan and symbol of the Vietnam tourism promotion program.

Vietnam gives top priority to ensuring safety and security in the use of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien.

Vietnam proves to be a large market for investors to seek their opportunities. However, investment funds now complain that it’s difficult to find reasonable projects to inject money in.

Through its participation in international forums, like the United Nations, Vietnam has gained useful experience and material support for its national development.

Two NASA spacecrafts launched from Florida in September are set to enter orbit around moon over the New Year's weekend to measure the gravity field and lunar interior, according to media reports on Tuesday.

People of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will observe a three-minute silence on Thursday to mourn the death of top leader Kim Jong Il.