The Iranian Foreign Ministry sent a protest letter to the U.S. government in which it said that the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is behind the recent terrorist attack which led to the assassination of an Iranian nuclear official,

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have asserted that the smart phones would be more powerful and have more applications. Especially, low cost smart phones would be available on the market.

Up to 53 people were killed and some 137 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of Shiites converge on the holy city of Karbala.

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Foreign direct investment enterprises' Lunar New Year holiday bonuses in Hanoi this year decreased due to price fluctuations and inflation, Le Tuan Huu, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has said.

The Ministry of Education and Training has said it would continue inspections of universities and colleges nationwide to ensure they are operating with adequate facilities and number of lecturers.

Vietnam's first film to openly feature love and intimacy between gay men is helping to change attitudes in a country where homosexuality is often seen either as a disease or a source of ridicule.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a Tet visit to the Party committee, authorities and people of the central province of Quang Nam on Jan. 13-14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Near the lunar New Year or Tet holiday, la dong growers and traders in Trang Cat village in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, are hurriedly cutting la dong (leaves used to wrap square glutinous rice cakes) to sell to many provinces.

The latest report of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) showed a slight drop of 1% in auto sales last year against 2010, with some 110,900 vehicles sold by VAMA members.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigonese man Nguyen Dinh Ban has world the second prize at a computer case decorating competition held by Bit-Tech, an international IT forum.

NVIDIA, the computer chip manufacturer best known for its high performance graphics processors, is looking to make further inroads with the automobile industry by integrating its new Tegra 3 mobile processors in upcoming vehicle models.

Preliminary statistics show that travel firms have a “bumper crop” this Tet, despite the economic difficulties and high inflation. The number of travelers booking tours for Tet holiday has increased greatly.

A 34-year-old man from Hai Duong Province has been arrested for planting an explosive in a motorbike that later exploded, killing a woman and her 4-year-old daughter last December.

Having realized about the big interests of Japanese enterprises in Vietnam as a potential investment destination, local authorities have got ready to lure the investors from the sun rise country.

The Vietnamese Association in Laos held a meeting to celebrate the 2012 Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in Vientiane on January 15. 

University and junior college lecturers would get several million dong in Tet bonuses this year. Especially, a university offered the Tet bonus of 70 million dong.

People in the Central Highlands believe that when the gongs are played, there is an encounter between the human and spirit worlds, between the worlds of the living and the dead.

ASEAN Foreign Ministers have affirmed the bloc’s common stance on ensuring peace, stability and security in the East Sea as well as maritime safety and security.

A lot of import items can enjoy further tax cuts in 2102, while many of which bear the tax rate of zero percent under the Vietnam’s commitments in the free trade agreements FTAs.