VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agencies in HCM City have been kept busy booking foreign tours as residents seek to take advantage of a nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Twenty-seven individuals and a company have been named as recipients of annual Scientific and Technical Awards for their achievements in promoting filmmaking, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday.

Poetess Phan Huyen Thu is a pioneering independent documentary filmmakers in Vietnam. She has won many awards for poetry and her documentaries. She talks about indie-documentary filmmaking in Vietnam.

The Environment General Directorate has informed that the directorate is drafting a plan to prevent and control exotic species which is believed to help settle the current problems.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has licensed only two night clubs, but many bars and karaoke parlors operate like discotheques.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Quang Ninh province have proposed to paint all tourist boats in Ha Long Bay in white after the bay becomes the new natural wonder of the world. However, this policy is not supported by boat owners.

More than one million teachers have been expecting to receive the monthly allowances based on their length of services since September 1, 2011. However, they now still have to wait for money to come.

The number of overseas Vietnamese coming back to the motherland to enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday via HCMC is projected to increase substantially over the same period last year.

From hundreds of millions of dong to hundreds of billions, brownish-black houses with curved point tiles and sophisticated carving details in the style of ancient generals’ mansions, or modeled after palace designs, are becoming more popular.

It’s not easy to buy Dong Cao fowls for hearty parties nowadays. Most of the fowls available on the market are cross-bred fowls. Therefore, it always takes time and big money to hunt for real Dong Cao fowls.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new album featuring songs by 150 famous singers in HCM City will send Tet (Lunar New Year) festival greetings to soldiers stationed on islands across Viet Nam as part of a special cultural programme.

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, televisions and flat screens, estimated Friday that its operating profit hit a new high in the fourth quarter last year due to brisk sales of smartphones.

State companies found with massive losses; Ministry urges customs clearance for private jets; VN to further open market; HCM City asked to reduce loss-making businesses; Footwear sector makes efforts to stabilise production  

The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) would equitise its remaining affiliates and holding group this year in a bid to raise capital, expand scale and sharpen its competitive edge in the global market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Icy weather brought winter chills to the Mau Son Tourism Area in mountainous Lang Son Province yesterday morning after a severe cold spell hit northern Viet Nam,

Events unfolding far from Asia's shores could shape the region's economic outlook for 2012, but Asia's policymakers still have the room to respond aggressively to a deteriorating global economic scenario,

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 5 the coast guard and air forces of the Philippines joined the search of 22 missing sailors of the sunken Vinaline Queen. However, the search was unsuccessful.

Next Top Model to feature circus performance on final night; Tet gathering for Overseas Vietnamese in Hanoi; Quyen Van Minh’s jazz concert at Hanoi Opera House; Pontie’s lacquer paintings touch on Yin and Yang    

The total assets of the 30 richest families on the stock market are worth 2.3 billion dollars; half of which belong to the owners of Vincom group.

The Prime Minister has ordered the Ministry of Science and Technology deliver results on their inspection of petroleum quality, following recent vehicle fires.