VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will appoint Tourism Police to look after the security of travellers in the region, according to the HCM City People's Committee on Wednesday.

Travel agencies providing international tourism services this year may have to pay a deposit twice the current VND250 million, according to a draft decree to be enacted by the Government soon.

The Cairo Criminal Court continued the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and ten others on Thursday, with prosecutors demanding Mubarak being sentenced with death penalty for killing of protestors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Truc, Miss Jewelry 2011, stated to sue anyone who says that she paid tens of thousands of USD to buy the crown without showing any proof.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers in Chau Thanh A district in the southern province of Hau Giang are “shocked” because the local education and training department asked them to contribute one day of salary for the year-end firework show.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Communication Security Agency is working on the first-ever case in Vietnam, in which three people are accused of illegally trading personal information.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Vice Chair cum Chair of Eximbank Le Hung Dung said that this bank may withdraw from the Super League if the TV right dispute is not solved.

VietNamNet Bridge – Posing themselves as businessmen, a gang of sharpers in HCM City traveled around Vietnam to seek victims who are rich men. The gang staged to extort money from victims, totaling hundreds of billion VND or millions of USD.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed to strengthen U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region despite fiscal constraints.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh and Singaporean Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan co-chaired the sixth political consultation in Singapore on Thursday.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said here on Thursday that the Islamic republic of Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with G5+1 (five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany).

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration is determined to stop flooding at 10 of 31 spots in the city by the end of the year.

The debate about the limits on the expenses on marketing and ads still continues. This is the problem which has been “pending” for the longest time at the Vietnam Business Forum.

VietNamNet Bridge – The atmosphere of Tet holiday has covered Hai Thuong Lan Ong in District 5, the street of Chinese-origin people in HCM City.

A delegation of the National Assembly led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong, paid a working visit to China from January 4-8 at the invitation of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress.

Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday after a strong rally on previous trading day, as U.S. economic data provided solid support.

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, planned to build a semiconductor plant in China to produce NAND flash memory chips based on 10- nanometer class technology, the economy ministry said Wednesday.

Da Nang port plans to be 11% busier; Major cities are well stocked for Tet; Small firms lack access to credit; HCM City resolves to revamp economy; Ministry to foster anti-transfer pricing inspections; Retail market enters fierce competition  

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Da Lat native man Nguyen Duy Hai has been successfully operated on for his 90kg tumor after a grueling 10-hour long surgery at HCMC-based FV hospital, the surgery team announced.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has recently announced the average salaries of state-owned corporations and groups last year, many of which were exorbitant.