Breaking the traditional pattern of strong consumer price index (CPI) growth at year-end, the December CPI in Hanoi and HCMC, the country’s two biggest cities, is forecast to inch up less than 1%.

Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said that the Islamic Republic has invited IAEA inspectors to visit the country's nuclear establishments,

With many fuel wholesalers paying high commissions to dealers whose stakes or controlling interests are held by the former, instead of cutting retail prices to help consumers, experts are claiming that this is a case of transfer pricing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will join other partners in constructing the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG), a US$500 million international fiber optical cable system linking nine countries and territories in the region. 

Vietnamese music fans welcomed 10 well-known foreign singers and bands this year, from senior names like Bob Dyland, Backstreet Boys, Westlife to boybands and girlbands which are at their peak of career like Super Junior and 2NE1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several weeks before the Christmas, small ads on seeking temporary girlfriends or boyfriends began to appear on the Internet. Some people even post their portraits.

VietNamNet Bridge – A large group of several hundred tourists are set to arrive at Sai Gon Port tomorrow as part of a Voyages of Discovery cruise.

One tonne of smuggled MSG confiscated; Police seize illegally traded US dollars, dong in HCMC; Short circuit causes fire to 4 houses; Workers barred from taking Korean exam; Generator gas fumes kill three-year-old boy

VietNamNet Bridge – Lively images of the historic Long Bien Bridge, dating from past to present, have been put on display at an on-going exhibition near Hoan Kiem Lake.

VietNamNet Bridge – After more than a week of high fever resulting from intensive treatment for his leukaemia, 12-year-old Nguyen Xuan Nam was finally able to return to his class at the National Hospital of Paediatrics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minimum monthly salaries will increase next year for State employees, but the amount will still be lower than for workers at private enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge – 94 percent of newly recruited say they lack necessary skills and need retraining. Especially, 92 percent of them need additional professional knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – Anti-smuggling officers on December 21 detected a man and a woman transporting up to 25.5kg of gold on a train from the northern border province of Lao Cai to Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Secretary General of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan has submitted his resignation, confirmed VFF.

The death toll from tropical storm Washi (local name Sendong) breached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday even as search and retrieval workers intensified their operations in Northern Mindanao, racing against time in recovering bodies in the sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman fell from the 11th floor of a hotel which is under construction to the fourth floor, but she only suffers from some wounds.

Ho Chi Minh City universities have witnessed a decreasing number of applicants for French majors during the last few years due to poor job prospects after graduation.

The debt of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) has exceeded VND240 trillion ($11.4 billion) as of 2010, according to a recent report from the State Audit of Vietnam.

Lionel Messi on Wednesday said he is "very proud" of having won in Argentina the best athlete of the year award.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is best mover of the Asian Football Confederation in December 2011 as the national team climbs 35 places to 99th position in FIFA ranking.