VietNamNet Bridge – As of March 2012, a working group of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will survey mining activities in some provinces, focusing on coal, iron, bauxite, titanium and gold mines.

VietNamNet Bridge – The two Vietnamese models will fly to South Korea on January 15 to participate in the seventh Asian Model Festival in Seoul.

While the Foreign Ministry asked for Thailand and Cambodia’s assistance to search for ten missing fishermen in the southern province of Ca Mau, the ship owner received phone calls from an unknown woman asking for ransom.

Fire destroys two homes in north; Woman hospitalized 4 times in 6 years of marriage; ‘Super thief’ targeting state agencies arrested; Unlock magnetic cards within 5 seconds

Unexploded ordnances (UXO) hide themselves in over 20 percent of Vietnam’s area. At the current funding, the country will be cleaned from UXO in 300 years. However, relevant agencies are trying to shorten the time to less than 100 years.

Gymnastic was among the most successful sport of Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games 2011, with 11 gold medals. In 2012, gymnasts will be the first Vietnamese athletes who will compete for more tickets to the Olympic London.

Outdoor sculptures on display in Vietnam metro; Tet celebrations at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology; The timeless charm of Hue Citadel    

If you build it, they will come. Or so the saying goes.

VietNamNet Bridge – High school students who take part in the national foreign language competition this year will have to take a speaking test for the first time,

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government two plans to bring foreign investment into the domestic aviation market.

Following reports from local media that one of its subsidiaries in Ho Chi Minh City is engaging in petrol theft, Petrolimex has called on the police to inspect and initiate prosecution when possible, its executives said Tuesday.

The trade sector has planned a modest export growth of 13 percent in 2012 despite a robust 33 percent increase in 2011. Experts say it is not an easy task to achieve as many economies are not out of the woods yet.

Tam Giang Lagoon is where the Huong, Bo and O Lau Rivers meet before they flow into the sea through Thuan An estuary in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the export turnover has been increasing steadily, the budget for trade promotion has been cut down gradually.

Lieut. Gen. Pham Xuan Hung, Deputy Chief of the Gen. Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, welcomed Major General Yohishideof the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force, in Hanoi on January 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – A joint inspection team in Hanoi on Monday caught a local restaurant’s owner directing her workers to illegally cook a tiger skeleton, weighing about 150 kg, into tiger bone glue for sale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan hosted a reception in Ha Noi yesterday, Jan 10, for International Francophone Organisation administrator Clement Duhaime.

VietNamNet Bridge – Movie makers attended a seminar in Ha Noi on Monday to discuss the strengthening of co-operation between ASEAN and South Korea through film exchange.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central Da Nang City's Sciences and Technology Department, in collaboration with German naturalist Ulrike Streicher, organised a photo exhibition on Monday featuring the biodiversity of Son Tra Natural Reserve.

Businessmen have been moving heaven and earth to collect debts. They themselves do not have money to make payment with partners.