VietNamNet Bridge – Police and Vehicle Registration Agency are arguing on who is responsible for investigating recent fires of vehicles on street.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singers, actors, models and beauty queens throughout the country will take photos for a charity photo book to raise funds for purchasing Tet gifts for 100 needy families in northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Highly-regarded composer Duc Tri will join hands with senior artists to organize the “Year-end Concert” at the HCM City Theatre to welcome the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai confiscated a black Asian bear kept illegally from Pham Xuan Thanh, from Son Bua Commune, Son Tay District,

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition displaying hundreds of documents, objects and photos of late President Ho Chi Minh with the Vietnamese people's armed forces opened on Friday at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in HCM City.

The Viet Nam insurance market is expected to continue its 2011 growth rate, with an estimated 19-21 per cent year-on-year increase in 2012, according to an industry official.

Drain work to halt during New Year; 3 dead, 6 missing in coal ship sinking; US provides eye care for 8,800 in Kon Tum; Vietnam to lead Asia in transport infrastructure growth

VietNamNet Bridge – Weather forecasting must improve in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta so the region can better cope with floods and high tides, experts have said.

The HCM City Department of Information and Communications has cut off connections for 35,000 prepaid mobile phone subscribers in the city because the service providers failed to collect the needed personal information

The payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits break for the Americans should be extended for one year, not for a short-term two months, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for temporary workers for the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in HCM City has picked up over the last fortnight, giving students an opportunity to earn some money and gain valuable experience.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost to Russia in the first round of the Women's World Chess Team Championship on Sunday in Turkey.

Despite high growth levels of internet use, e-commerce has been restricted in Viet Nam, attendees agreed at a seminar held in Ha Noi last Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified two international protocols as measures to prevent and fight organised crime across national borders more effectively.

In 2012, HCM City will focus on mobilising investment for infrastructure development and for major projects on the Thu Thiem Peninsula, city authorities have said.

Electricity prices would increase today by 5 per cent to VND1,304 (US$0.06) excluding VAT for one kWh, Electricity of Viet Nam said in a press release.

Thai Senate President to visit Vietnam; Lao transport minister visits Vietnam; Christmas greetings for religious dignitaries; Cambodia, Vietnam to improve communications

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese swimmers won more medals and set new records at the ongoing sixth ASEAN Para Games in Solo, Indonesia, yesterday, Dec 19.

The death toll from tropical storm Washi in the Philippines has risen to 684 with still undetermined missing, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces and cities across Viet Nam will be linked to an electronic database of drug-related offences from next year, according to a conference in Ha Noi yesterday, Dec 19.