Two key Vietnamese leaders spent last week abroad shoring up relations with key international partners.

The first phase of the Ho Tram Strip project, to build a top-notch beach resort in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, has been completed and is expected to open the door to tourists in early 2013.

Six Vietnamese high school pupils have won medals at the eighth International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Durban city, South Africa, from December 5-10.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young karate athlete Thach Thi Trang surprised her coaching staff by boosting team morale with a win in the women’s kumite (combat) 68kg category at the 26th SEA Games just finished in Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Fire Fighting Police are investigating the cause of a motorcycle fire that occurred on Friday.

As for many students, learning not simply to obtain more knowledge that is necessary for their future jobs and lives, but this is really an extra job which can bring them a lot of money.

VietNamNet Bridge – Senior diplomatic think-tankers, overseas ambassadors and foreign-affairs officials gathered in Ha Noi today for the first meeting of a week-long 27th diplomatic conference to discuss the best use of foreign affairs

An enterprise receives money every month to treat waste, but it never treats waste, and just dumps rubbish at refuse tips.

Mexican authorities said at least three people were killed when a strong earthquake hit the southwestern coastal state of Guerrero on Saturday night and shook buildings in the capital.

A strong cold spell caused the temperature to drop to a record low of 1oC in the northern tourist resort city of Sapa in Lao Cai province on December 11, according to local meteorological stations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty-five per cent of students wish to work for foreign-invested companies, making these institutions the top choice of working environment for graduates,

Foreign portfolio investment capital flow to Vietnam has nearly stopped, investment funds have been trying to sell securities, while there is no sign showing that they would come back.

Japanese-backed Honda Vietnam is nervously waiting for the results of an investigation into one of its motorcycles which exploded early this month.

As predicted, after Beeline, a small network operator, launched the “billionaire service package”--a new war in the mobile call charges has been kicked off.

Marketing and sales executives will top the list of human resources needs next year, according to HCM City Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s official visits to the European Parliament (EP), Belgium and the UK from Dec. 4-11 were of great significance, realising the country’s socio-economic development orientations.

The real stories about the challenges faced by enterprises and authorities in the fight against fake products were brought up at a seminar in HCMC late last week on the drawnout struggle against counterfeits and trade fraud.

Sharpshooters Ha Minh Thanh, Tran Quoc Cuong and Hoang Xuan Vinh will be a formidable force at the upcoming Asian Shooting Championship in Doha, Qatar, on January 11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s fashion industry is integrating into the world. Many foreign models have developed their careers in Vietnam. VietNamNet would like to portray some of them.

The death toll of a suicide bombing on a shrine in Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday has risen to 80, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.