VietNamNet Bridge – Weather forecasting must improve in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta so the region can better cope with floods and high tides, experts have said.

The HCM City Department of Information and Communications has cut off connections for 35,000 prepaid mobile phone subscribers in the city because the service providers failed to collect the needed personal information

The payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits break for the Americans should be extended for one year, not for a short-term two months, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for temporary workers for the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in HCM City has picked up over the last fortnight, giving students an opportunity to earn some money and gain valuable experience.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost to Russia in the first round of the Women's World Chess Team Championship on Sunday in Turkey.

Despite high growth levels of internet use, e-commerce has been restricted in Viet Nam, attendees agreed at a seminar held in Ha Noi last Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified two international protocols as measures to prevent and fight organised crime across national borders more effectively.

In 2012, HCM City will focus on mobilising investment for infrastructure development and for major projects on the Thu Thiem Peninsula, city authorities have said.

Electricity prices would increase today by 5 per cent to VND1,304 (US$0.06) excluding VAT for one kWh, Electricity of Viet Nam said in a press release.

Thai Senate President to visit Vietnam; Lao transport minister visits Vietnam; Christmas greetings for religious dignitaries; Cambodia, Vietnam to improve communications

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese swimmers won more medals and set new records at the ongoing sixth ASEAN Para Games in Solo, Indonesia, yesterday, Dec 19.

The death toll from tropical storm Washi in the Philippines has risen to 684 with still undetermined missing, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces and cities across Viet Nam will be linked to an electronic database of drug-related offences from next year, according to a conference in Ha Noi yesterday, Dec 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong suffered a shock defeat at home at the hands of Lam Dong in the first round of the National Cup on Sunday.

The Communist Party of Viet Nam's Central Committee sent a message of condolences yesterday to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on the death of Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader.

"Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" opened to the No. 1 place of the North America box office with lower-than-expected receipts, leading a consistently slow domestic market which is preparing itself for the Christmas holiday.

The number of third-generation network (3G) users in Vietnam will sharply rise in the next three years from the current subscriber numbers of less than 10 million, claimed Qualcomm, one of the world’s leading 3G chipset suppliers.

There are 60 typhoid cases in Nanoko, with 29 already hospitalized, according to Fiji's Health Ministry.

Developers of two billion dollar hi-end tourist properties in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province are ready roll.

As the painful double-dip in the U.S. economy at the beginning of the year still weighs on Americans, a renowned Wall Street economist warned of a triple dip ahead.