2010 was an eventful year for Vietnam’s Internet security. Vietnamese computer users had to be more careful. This year many new policies are expected to be issued.  

An international research team has discovered the gene that could explain why a rare skin cancer heals itself after growing quickly for a few weeks, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore said Monday.

Registered FDI down, disbursement still up; Phu Quoc Island steps up tourism infrastructure; Vietnam achieves great growth in agro-forestry export; Construction of first ever fish oil refinery begins; Firms eye new way to attract capital  

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign language and IT education centers are permanent educational institutions of the national education system, the Ministry of Education and Training said in its recently released circular.

Vietnam to have first world class hospital; Pre-schools to be built in industrial parks; 159 H1N1 cases reported positive in Vietnam; Jailed 90 years for using VND700 mln fake money; Seven die in accidents on Highway 1A  

A therapeutic apparatus to treat Parkinson's disease has been developed in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, according to the provincial science and technology department. 

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Forest Protection Agency, 16 provinces are now at level five warning level for risk of forest fire – the highest warning level.

Though the tra fish prices have risen to their highest ever of VND25,000 a kilogram, production is marred in the Mekong Delta as input costs skyrocket and farmers lack capital to continue production.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms are planning to raise inbound tour fees since the fees of all other services have increased. However, they well understand that overly high tour fees will make it impossible to attract foreign travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese coaches said they were not surprised by coach Henrique Calisto’s decision but they didn’t agree with Calisto’s argument for his decision.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of fishermen in central Vietnam were hit big when the oil price increased by VND3,500 per liter on February 24. As the cost rose by 30 percent, fishermen’s profit will fall. Many of them cannot even go out to sea.

The world’s famous social network Facebook witnessed a sharp decrease of 70 percent of page views and one million users in January 2011, according to a newly released report by DoubleClick Ad Planner.

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Tuesday that its Glory satellite is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US-based AES Group surprised the public when they announced the sale of 49 percent of stakes of the Mong Duong 2 thermopower project to two foreign partners.

Personal income tax payers, who are listed as “high income earners” in society, say that the personal income tax law is “out of date” with a taxation threshold that is too low.

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a bicycle plan as part of a campaign to turn Los Angeles into a "green" city.

VietNamNet Bridge – The sharp price increases have been burdening all people, from urbanites to rural areas’ residents, and from workers to students.

Fan Yang to perform in VN to raise charity fund; Japanese writer to talk on contemporary literature; Painting exhibition of women artists in HCM City; 

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese goldsmiths have spent nearly six months to decorate an iPhone 3GS with a dragon of the Ly Dynasty, nearly 590 diamonds and 4 taels of 18K gold.

VietNamNet Bridge – Market Control Agency of the southern province of An Giang has seized a Buddha statue of 82 kilograms in weight, which is rumored to be made of gold.