A lot of travel firms have offered super-cheap tours in order to encourage the demand, despite the input cost increases.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two companies in the southeastern province of Dong Nai, AB Mauri Ltd. Co and Kim Phong Commercial Production Investment JSC, have been suspended from operations for polluting the environment,

VietNamNet Bridge – Answering National Assembly deputies’ questions on restructuring banks, Governor Nguyen Van Binh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) compared this task with “throwing rats but not breaking the vase”.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 45kg turtle owned by Mr. Dang Thanh Hai, 42, in Song Ma town, Son La province, is rated as the largest turtle in Vietnam at present.

VietNamNet Bridge - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 24 voted to put Vietnam’s hat xoan (Xoan singing) into the list of the world intangible heritages needing urgent protection.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some athletes shine at 12-day Southeast Asia Games 26 in Indonesia. They are Vietnam’s hopes at the Olympic 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – The famous story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen has been transformed into a three dimension (3D) cartoon by Vietnamese film makers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan answered nearly 40 questions on the question and answer session on November 24. However, Luan’s presentation did not satisfy National Assembly deputies.

If traffic law violators or bike racers do not stop at command, police will throw fishing nets onto the rear wheel of their vehicles and the net clings to the wheels, forcing the vehicles to stop. This method is used by police of Thanh Hoa city.

Denmark's new tax on fatty foods is having little impact on consumer habits, an opinion poll showed Wednesday.

Students come late to class, sleep during the lessons, play games and chat with each other were the things seen by some people at universities in Hanoi.

In order to avoid a direct confrontation with foreign social networks, Vietnamese social networks go their own ways to earn money to exist and improve their competitiveness on the Internet content market.

VietNamNet Bridge – B-Boy 3T, 23, a member of S.I.N.E Crew hip-hop troupe, is among four outstanding Asian dancers who are nominated for the world hip-hop contest in Moscow on November 26.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Wednesday that Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will be launched with its full capacity early February, the official IRNA news agency reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Na (not her real name), a 35-year-old resident of Tien Du District in northern Bac Ninh Province, has been the victim of domestic violence for about four years now.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have asked the local People’s Council’s permission to raise the registration fee of motorbikes and cars.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), at least 50,000 businesses have dissolved or stopped operation. However, the number of applications filed for bankruptcy can be counted on the fingers.

Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut its workforce by 17,000 worldwide by the end of 2013, the company said in a statement on Wednesday in Espoo, Finland.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Thursday urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to accelerate moves to tackle the debt crisis already threatening Europe's core economies.

Egypt's ruling military council apologized for the deaths in the latest round of clashes which started over the weekend, it said on its official Facebook page early Thursday.