VietNamNet Bridge – This year the capital city’s GDP grows only 10.1 percent while it targets to reach 12 percent. Many other goals on housing and clean water for citizens and reducing the number of third child are not achieved.

The draw for the qualifier round of the AFC Cup 2012 took place at the office of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Malaysia on December 6. Two Vietnamese football clubs – Song Lam Nghe An and Navibank Saigon – joined the event.

Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Wednesday disclosed in a republican decree the new opposition-led national reconciliation government's line-up according to a Gulf-brokered power-transfer initiative,

Christmas decorations on the rise; Famous tragedy to be staged in Hanoi; Heavy rock band The Wall to perform live; Gourmet tea tasting; Photo exhibition on children by French artist; Art festival surprised by copy scandal    

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung left Belgium for London, starting his official visit to the UK at the invitation of Baroness D'Souza, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Lords.

Energy-starved Cambodia on Wednesday opened the country's largest hydropower dam to date, a multi-million dollar Chinese-funded project that has attracted criticism from environmental groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – Construction on sewerage and resevoir for Hai Phong City’s environmental improvement project started on Tuesday in Hai Phong City.

While high school students complain that the higher number of exam subjects will put a heavier burden on them, teachers say that the Ministry of Education and Training MOET’s plan on six-subject exam is unfeasible.

While the demand for hi-tech products is very high on the domestic market, Vietnamese brad information technology (IT) products still cannot get a foothold on the lucrative market.

The river mouths of Kon and Ha Thanh, the two big rivers that flow to the Thi Nai lagoon, are in the danger of changing their shape due to the implementation of a tourism project, which may seriously influence the seaport system in Quy Nhon City

Iran has blocked a web-based embassy provided by the U.S. government to Iranians only a day after it was officially launched, local Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.

Foreign invested enterprises import products, then label the products as Vietnam goods and export to other countries. The trick helps them escape from trade barriers and enjoy the preferential tariffs offered by import countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Viet Nam ranks among the top 20 countries for access to the internet, there remains a widening gap between users in urban and rural areas, IT experts said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday, Dec 7, laid wreaths at the Independence Monument and the Viet Nam Friendship Monument in the Cambodian capital city.

Don Duong, who is known for many famous movie roles in Vietnamese movies from the 1990s and early 2000s, passed away at the age of 55 at a hospital in San Francisco, California Wednesday morning after a post – stroke surgery.

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982 is considered the basis for national, regional and global cooperation in the marine sector, says Vietnamese Ambassador Bui The Giang.

Luc Ngan District of northern Bac Giang Province has been full of busy trading recently, with dry litchi leaves being the most sought-after products, rather than the locality’s nationally-popular tasty litchi fruits.

"Kung Fu Panda 2," DreamWorks Animation's blockbuster animated film about a Chinese culture-based panda, led a pack of 10 nominated films for the 39th Annual Annie Awards, ASIFA-Hollywood,

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities are tightening control of livestock and poultry transport to limit the illegal entry of unhygienic meat into the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic policemen in Thanh Hoa province are suspected of throwing their blackjack into the front wheel of a motorbike to stop the traffic violators.