VietNamNet Bridge – A 24-year-old blind man from the central province of Quang Binh surprised the jury of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012, for playing two foreign songs “Baby” and “Beautiful Girls” by six musical instruments.

American and European regulators Monday approved Internet giant Google's 12.5 billion dollar bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.

The 18-year-old swimmer has had one-month training at the Bolles sports center in Florida, USA. The goal of Vietnam’s leading swimmer is attaining standard A of Olympics at competitions in the Olympic qualifier round in this country.

The White House on Monday projected that the U.S. federal government's budget deficit will reach around 1.33 trillion U.S. dollars in the 2012 fiscal year ending September 2012, fresh evidence of the mounting budgetary pressure . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) has stated that it had never announced to withdraw the Miss Vietnam title of Mai Phuong Thuy.

Souvenir shops in Hanoi were very crowded in the day before the Valentine Day (February 14). At student hostels, the Valentine atmosphere boiled. VietNamNet reports in photos:

VietNamNet Bridge – From April 15 this year it will take only five days, instead of the former seven for overseas Vietnamese to receive a visa waiver.

Normal things now cannot satisfy Vietnamese business giants who always seek original and strange things. They now entertain guests with foreign wine glasses with glistening gold sheets inside, or use gold masks to nourish the skin.

VietNamNet Bridge – Charnel house statues – part of the unique cultural identity of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) ethnic groups, are likely to disappear, experts warn.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) decided to move the national premier football championship closer to a fully professional regime by setting up the Viet Nam Professional Football JSC (VPF) last year.

Angola’s Vice President praises Vietnam’s past struggle; Party leader praises senior retired cadres’ contributions; Lao military officer welcomed in Hanoi; Ambassador presents credentials to Monaco's Prince Albert II

Bird flu epidemic spreads to Haiphong; Man caught with $110,000 on entering Vietnam; HCM City market busy for Valentine’s Day; Road safety week launched in Quang Ninh

VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Thi Vy and Luu Thi Duyen will compete at the Asian boxing Olympic qualifiers from April 4-13 in Kazakhstan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Taekwondo referee Vu Xuan Thanh has been invited to officiate at the 2012 London Olympics this summer.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said the management board of Hoa Lac High-Tech Park should focus on adjusting the park's timetable to speed up the investment and construction process.

Jazz hero Franck Amsallem comes to Hanoi; Hanoi presented with cherry blossom trees; Dak Lak preserves over 2,300 sets of gongs; Hearing-impaired dancers impress at talent show; Spring festival in northern Vietnam: sexier than you think   

Syria came under fresh pressure on Monday from states seeking UN action against its crackdown on protesters, as a new Arab-backed draft resolution surfaced amid a heated debate at the General Assembly.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent an urgent message asking four northern provinces to finish land clearance and residential resettlement for the Ha Noi-Hai Phong Highway project by the end of next month.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau People's Committee has agreed in principle to withdraw Good Choice USA-Viet Nam Co's US$1.3 billion investment licence for a tourism project in the southern coastal city.

In the aftermath of riots across central Athens early Monday during a crucial parliamentary vote on an austerity rescue deal, authorities started healing the wounds caused in buildings and the political landscape.