VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese considers improving the flow of information, one of its most important tasks in building a bridge between ethnic Vietnamese living abroad and their native country.

Four Vietnamese students won second prize at the 2011 K-Pop World Festival in Changwon, Korea, on December 7, organised by the Korean Broadcasting System and the Republic of Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Residents in the central province of Quang Ngai have decried the delays that have plagued mega projects for several years.

Russia launched a Proton-M rocket carrying two communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Sunday, the federal space agency Roscosmos said.

Viet Nam’s software industry grew 29 per cent this year, said the Ministry of Information and Communications.

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.