FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 in Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday night to leave the race for Spain's BBVA Primera Liga title wide open in the standout match of the 16th round of games.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Mekong Delta have created many special products for the lunar New Year (Tet holiday), such as wine-gourds and gold-bar shaped pomelos, squared watermelons, etc.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two gymnasts of the same name – Ha Thanh – of the national gymnastics team won one gold and one silver medal at the Toyota Cup in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The weakening of the Euro will not have big influences to Vietnam’s macro economy, because the number of transactions remains modest. However, Euro holders will surely incur loss when the currency depreciate

VietNamNet Bridge – High-rise buildings, cathedrals, Buddhist temples, etc. look brilliant in 32 photos that entered the finale of the Masterpiece Photo Contest 2011. These works are now on display in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many tourists to the old capital city of Hue are very eager to discover unique garden-houses, but they are dumbfounded because they are refused by all garden-houses.

Fleeing debtors arrested in Ca Mau; Explosion at gas store kills two, injures three; Forest ranger held after accident kills 10; Suspension of fixedine over safety issues

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.