Young talented artists to participate in Vietnam-Norway concert; World famous Niels Lan Doky to enchant local audience; Viet-kieu artists remember local road traffic victims; Vietnamese female artists exhibit works in Singapore      

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to have Vietnam’s total rice acreage at 3.81 million hectares by 2020, down from 3.95 million hectares planned until in 2015.

Smart phone users nowadays tend to demand “big, powerful, long-lasting phones”.

MONRE has suggested to temporarily restrict the setting up of small production workshops in five industrial sectors, in order to protect the Dong Nai River.

She may look like a young girl of 13 or 14 years old and it is difficult to guess the real age of Karishma Kannan, a 20-year-old Indian who was born with Down’s syndrome.

The World Bank has predicted that Vietnam's gross domestic product will increase 6.1 per cent next year in its East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released on November 22.

Hue Festival 2012 will coincide with the National Tourism Year for the north central coastal region, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – The deputy head of HCM City's Environmental Protection Agency, Ha Van Dung, has urged the business community to make eco-friendly products to contribute to a greener environment.

VNG, Vietnam’s leading internet company, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese social gaming company DeNA in Hanoi on November 22 to export its social network games to Japan.

Over 7,200 Vietnamese nationals have been sent to work abroad in October, raising the total number of overseas workers to nearly 75,000 in the past ten months. 

Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention,

Vietnam wants to increase cooperation with Israel, especially in the areas of the latter’s strength such as science, technology, investment, trade, labour, and tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Love of gays often ends very quickly, not because gays are unfaithful but because their love is not accepted by the society.

The State Bank of Vietnam Monday announced the official draft decree on gold trading management, with some additional clauses intended to dispel certain rumors which have been raising public concerns recently.

A series of important issues for regional security have been discussed at the eighth Assembly Conference of Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific in Hanoi.

Farmers in Mekong Delta are trying to create unique fruit products which they will sell during the 2012 Tet season. Square and gold bullion-shaped watermelons, wine gourd-shared pomelos will be available on the market soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Like it or not, many labourers who want to work in South Korea are being tarred with the same brush as those already there who have quit their jobs without proper reason or overstayed when their work contracts expired.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit back at the idea of creating eurobonds proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday, saying it "will not work" in pulling the eurozone out of current debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen said that officials of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group should reconsider their statement that VND7 million ($350) wage is inadequate for living in cities.

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has acquired video search engine VideoSurf.