VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has applied a series of measures to stabilize the gold prices. However, to date, the domestic price is still higher by 3 million dong per tael than the world’s price.

Nation urged to boost hi-tech investment; Vietnam’s industrial competitiveness sees a high jump; Commodities demand to grow; Seafood exports to reel in $10 billion by 2020; New rules on consular certification 

A national financial supervisory system with sanctioning authority would minimise risks in the nation's banking and financial industry, said National Financial Supervisory Committee chairman Vu Viet Ngoan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some members of the Hanoi Motor Club on December 21 disguised themselves as Santa Clauses, rode on big bikes to deliver gifts to kids.

National flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines will continue to sell 112,000 additional tickets on the Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City routes for the coming Tet holiday season before January 1, 2012.

With downside risks in advanced economies increasing and policy environment uncertain, the world economy may see worse conditions in the coming year, warned chief economist Olivier Blanchard of the International Monetary Fund

Asteroids Galaxy Tour to perform in Hanoi for New Year; HCM City launches new tourism programme; National Television Festival concludes; Celebrities pull stunts with scanty clothes; Italian artist to feature mouth harp in Hanoi  

Veteran British midfielder David Beckham will join soon French top league soccer club Pari Saint-Germain (PSG) for 18 months, a local daily reported Wednesday.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam surprisingly defeated stronger Georgia 3-1 in the third round of the 2011 Women’s World Chess Team Championship (WWCT2011) in Mardin, Turkey, on December 21.

Breaking the traditional pattern of strong consumer price index (CPI) growth at year-end, the December CPI in Hanoi and HCMC, the country’s two biggest cities, is forecast to inch up less than 1%.

Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said that the Islamic Republic has invited IAEA inspectors to visit the country's nuclear establishments,

With many fuel wholesalers paying high commissions to dealers whose stakes or controlling interests are held by the former, instead of cutting retail prices to help consumers, experts are claiming that this is a case of transfer pricing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will join other partners in constructing the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG), a US$500 million international fiber optical cable system linking nine countries and territories in the region. 

Vietnamese music fans welcomed 10 well-known foreign singers and bands this year, from senior names like Bob Dyland, Backstreet Boys, Westlife to boybands and girlbands which are at their peak of career like Super Junior and 2NE1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several weeks before the Christmas, small ads on seeking temporary girlfriends or boyfriends began to appear on the Internet. Some people even post their portraits.

VietNamNet Bridge – A large group of several hundred tourists are set to arrive at Sai Gon Port tomorrow as part of a Voyages of Discovery cruise.

One tonne of smuggled MSG confiscated; Police seize illegally traded US dollars, dong in HCMC; Short circuit causes fire to 4 houses; Workers barred from taking Korean exam; Generator gas fumes kill three-year-old boy

VietNamNet Bridge – Lively images of the historic Long Bien Bridge, dating from past to present, have been put on display at an on-going exhibition near Hoan Kiem Lake.

VietNamNet Bridge – After more than a week of high fever resulting from intensive treatment for his leukaemia, 12-year-old Nguyen Xuan Nam was finally able to return to his class at the National Hospital of Paediatrics.