VietNamNet Bridge – A contest entitled Travelling with the Backstreet Boys has been launched to publicise the US pop band's first live show in Ha Noi and HCM City later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contemporary art scene will continue to receive support during the 2011-15 from the Danish Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Experimental art has become quite popular in Vietnam in the last few years, but not in the mainstream. People may read or hear about it, but few attend art installations, listen to noise music or meet the artists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese authorities are speeding up procedures to repatriate the 14 Vietnamese mothers involved in an illegal surrogate baby ring in Bangkok.

VietNamNet Bridge – A television series about a man who initiated a fundamental change in Viet Nam's agricultural economic structure during the 1960s-70s has won the most audience votes in a survey

Vietnam will run for a position on the United Nations Human Rights Council, Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh announced at the Council’s 16th session in Geneva on February 28.

Emulation and reward activities under review; Patriotic campaigns urged to increase practical focus; Lawmakers to boost Cambodian ties; HCM City Party Committee convenes third meeting

The electricity price increase of 15.28 percent was decided by the government in late February. However, this still remains a hot topic because now the prices of goods also increased following the electricity price increases.

VietNamNet Bridge – A sub-committee in charge of solving complaints and denunciations in preparation for the election of the 13th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2011-16 term met for the first time in Ha Noi

VietNamNet Bridge - Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich has been appointed as the Chair of the General Department for Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army.

VietNamNet Bridge – A big event to honor Vietnamese culture will take place in HCM City in early June. The exhibition will display original collections of artworks of most famous collectors in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three five-star cruise ships arrived at Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province on February 28 and March 1. From the bay, thousands of international tourists will flock out to visit landscapes in Vietnam.

Scientists found newborn mice can repair their hearts by regenerating heart muscles, according to a journal published in "science" Friday.

The Institute for Water Resources and Environment has said that brine encroachment in HCM City early 2011 nearly doubles the average of previous years and is taking place a month earlier than normal.  

Big state-owned economic groups are planning to withdraw their capital from many investment projects and institutions to gather strength in their main business fields. Therefore, the supply of stocks on the market is believed to increase sharply.

Collaborative programs between universities will help Mekong Delta provinces improve their educational level and create a skilled workforce, experts said at a conference on education in Can Tho Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities on March 1 assigned over ten departments to be involved in the treatment process of the iconic turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake.

HCM City container transporters up rates by 20 pct; Fuel prices should have been hiked higher: ministry; Government gets serious about rice exports;  Vietnam's Feb trade deficit falls to $950 mln: report

Rice exporters say they are facing considerable challenges in 2011 because loyal rice importers have changed the way they purchase rice and input expenses have soared.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many modern cinema complexes including cinema theaters, shopping centers and restaurants are doing lucrative business in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.